List of Finalists going to tralee in August :D

Qualifiers that are going through from Portlaoise to the International Regional Final:

1. Big Apple - Caitlin McNeill
2. Boston New England - Moira Sullivan
3. Chicago - Siobhan Carroll
4. Derby - Niamh McTage
5. Derry - Catherine Feeney
6. Donegal - Maria McCole
7. Down - Nicole Curran
8. Dubai - Grainne Boyle
9. Edmonton - Tara Keigher
10. Germany - Saoirse Fitzgerald
11. Laois - Sinead Fennell
12. New York - Erin Loughran
13. Ottawa - Kate Scott
14. Philadelphia - Beth Keeley
15. Roscommon - Roisin Guihen
16. San Francisco - Shelia Ashtiani
17. Southern California - Molly O'Keefe
18. Sunderalnd - Niamh O'Connell
19. Texas - Danielle Ybarra
20. Tipperday - Noirin Ryan
21. Toronto - Aileen Doyle
22. Washington DC - Dorothy Moriarty Henggeler
23. Wexford - Mary Kehoe

Other Roses who are joining us (they went straight through to the final due to the number of years their centres have been involved in the competition):
  24.    Cork - Kathryn Brennan
   25.    Dublin - Siobhéal Nic Eochaidh
   26.    Kerry - Síle Ní Dheargain
   27.    London - Caroline Marley
   28.    New Zealand - Ailbhe Ryan
   29.    Perth - Melanie Gore
   30.    Queensland - Tara Talbot
   31.    South Austra - Susan Gellard    
   32.    Sydney - Caroline Harney

 CONGRATULATIONS to all the other roses we've yet to meet!  These girls all went through several rounds of selections in their home town and have accomplished so much in so little time.
Go to http://roseoftralee.ie/v5/international-roses-2011/international-roses-2011 to read all of the girls biographies!

Next up...day to day breakdown of my time in Portlaoise!