{"id":1146353,"date":"2021-12-23T12:34:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T17:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1146353"},"modified":"2021-12-23T12:35:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T17:35:01","slug":"irelands-rose-of-tralee-contest-for-young-women-invites-transgender-individuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irelands-rose-of-tralee-contest-for-young-women-invites-transgender-individuals\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland\u2019s \u2018Rose Of Tralee\u2019 Contest For Young Women Invites Transgender Individuals"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firelands-rose-of-tralee-contest-for-young-women-invites-transgender-individuals%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1146353&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ireland\u2019s international \u2018Rose of Tralee\u2019 festival invites women from all over the world each year to County Kerry, Ireland, to compete for the title of the \u201cRose\u201d and award given to the maiden who best embodies the virtues found in a 19th-century ballad about a rich Protestant who falls in love with a Catholic woman named Mary who lives in Kerry.&nbsp; This year contest organizers announced that married women as well individuals who were born male but now identify as a woman will be allowed to compete for the top prize.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/news\/ireland\/irish-news\/rose-of-tralee-confirms-married-and-trans-women-can-enter-festival-1.4761988\">reported<\/a> that Rose of Tralee executive chairman Anthony O\u2019Gara told Radio Kerry that the contest would be \u201cextending the age up to 29\u201d and \u201cthat married women can enter and somebody who identifies as a woman would be very, very welcome to enter it,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Gara said this was always the case, \u201cbut we haven\u2019t stated it possibly strongly enough in the past, so we just want to confirm that\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to make sure we are diverse and inclusive. A lot of new things are happening,\u201d O\u2019Gara added.<\/p>\n<p>The contest has been put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but has occurred for more than 60 years. Originally, contestants had to have been from Ireland but now any woman with Irish roots from around the world can compete. The contest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishcultureandcustoms.com\/AWomen\/RoseTraleeFest.html\">takes place over months<\/a> and the final event is typically held in August:<\/p>\n<p><em>Each of the 32 counties in Ireland select a Rose and there is also a R\u00f3s F\u00f3dhla representing the Gaeltacht or Irish speaking areas in Ireland. Regional finals are held in June where six Irish girls are selected to take part in the International Rose of Tralee festival. Roses from Kerry, Dublin and Cork automatically qualify for the festival. There are also international Roses chosen from centres around the world who participate in the final. These include the centres of Birmingham, Boston, Darwin, Dubai, France, London, Luxembourg, Newcastle, New York, New Orleans, New Zealand, Perth, Queensland, San Francisco, Southern California, South Australia, Sydney, Texas, Toronto.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The winner is the person \u201cdeemed to best match the attributes relayed in the song: \u2018lovely and fair.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She is also \u201cselected based on her personality and should be a good role model for the festival and for Ireland during her travels around the world. In contrast to other similar contests for women, appearance is not supposed to play a role in the selection of the winner. The entire contest is supposed to be a celebration of the \u201caspirations, ambitions, intellect, social responsibility and Irish heritage\u201d of young women.<\/p>\n<p>A previous winner named Maria Walsh<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newstalk.com\/news\/first-trans-contestant-in-rose-of-tralee-will-be-a-fantastic-moment-for-ireland-maria-walsh-1292555?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1640189168\"> told Irish media<\/a> that she would strongly support a transgender woman competing in the contest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor over 60 years, the festival has always celebrated the modern woman. I think the clarification from the festival now\u2026 is welcome. It\u2019s an expression of where modern Ireland is now and needs to be,\u201d Walsh stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe more modern representation we have in the festival, the more people we break down the barriers for,\u201d she continued. \u201cThe few naysayers who stand on the periphery saying it\u2019s not modern enough and it\u2019s too twee\u2026 it\u2019s not. It is a celebration of a modern woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny time you\u2019re breaking a stereotype it\u2019s a brave move,\u201d she said specifically if a trans woman were to enter, \u201cI think it\u2019s going to be a fantastic moment for the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor those who are listening who are a part of our trans community and always wanted to be a part of the Rose of Tralee,\u201d she added. \u201cYou will have a cohort of people supporting you to share your story and lived experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ireland\u2019s international \u2018Rose of Tralee\u2019 festival invites women from all over the world each year to County Kerry, Ireland, to compete for the title of the \u201cRose\u201d and award given to the maiden who best embodies the virtues found in a 19th-century ballad about a rich Protestant who falls in love with a Catholic woman &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1146353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1146353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1146353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1146353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1146353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}