Five things you don't know about the British girls jumping at the chance to be the Rose of Tralee
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Five things you don't know about the British girls jumping at the chance to be the Rose of Tralee

 

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Derby Rose Niamh Gordon is a world class Irish dancer

Niamh Gordon, 22, has lived in Derby since she was six months old.

Her mum and grandad were born in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh and her granny is from Donegal.

She has fond memories of visiting Ireland, both with family and travelling to Irish dancing competitions.

She started dancing at the age of six and recently competed in the 2015 World Irish Dancing Championships in Canada. She is a member of Glendarragh Irish Dance Academy

Audrey Hepburn is her style icon. She is a university graduate in Fashion Communication and Promotion and is currently on a gap year.

LondonRoseAislingHillary-nLondon Rose Aisling Hillary is an emergency room doctor

Aisling Hillary was born and raised in the Netherlands by a Galwegian mother and Kerry-born father.

Aisling, 27, has a medical degree from Brighton and Sussex Medical School and graduated as a doctor aged 22. She now specialises in Emergency Medicine.

She once spent seven weeks in Zambia volunteering in the Lusaka Teaching Hospital.

She has run the Reading Half Marathon for Unicef and cycled the London to Brighton Bike Ride for the British Heart Foundation twice.

She loves music and can play the violin and keyboard. At university she formed an Irish band called the Celtic Ti-grrs.

NewcastleRoseKatherineMcConville-nNewcastle-Gateshead Rose Katherine McConville is an Irish traditional music expert

Katherine McConville is 22 years old and originally from Co. Armagh.

She is in her final year of a Bachelor of Science degree in Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle University.

Katherine has Grade 8 in Irish Traditional Music and plays various instruments - her favourite is the fiddle.

She has been an Irish dancer since the age of five and is currently President of Newcastle University Irish Dance Society.

She has been shortlisted for the Pride of Newcastle University for her contribution to Arts and Culture in Newcastle-Gateshead.

NottinghamRoseShannonDirrane-nNottingham Rose Shannon Dirrane has backpacked around the world

Nottingham-born Shannon Dirrane is 27 years old.

Her dad comes from the Aran Islands in Galway and her mother is from Rosslare Harbour in Wexford.

A Gaelic football fan she plays for St Barnabas in Nottingham.

Playing for Barnabas is becoming a family tradition - her dad also played for the club when he first moved over.

Shannon is a secondary school English teacher who loves to ski.

She has also backpacked around South America, New Zealand and South-East Asia.

ScotlandBridMadigan-nScotland Rose Bríd Madigan is a surfer who plays the Ukulele

Bríd Madigan is originally from Limerick and moved to Edinburgh three years ago to complete a postgraduate in Primary Teaching.

She is 25 years old and currently works in Dunfermline, Fife in St. Margaret's Primary school.

She describes herself as an adrenaline junkie, she surfs and also plays football with Dunedin Connollys in Edinburgh.

For the past year she has been teaching the children at school to play the Ukulele.

She is a former Bunratty Castle entertainer.