Kevin Walsh, a barman at Sonny McLeans Irish Pub in California, posted a video to his Facebook page of the moment he saw his sister Maria Walsh be crowned the 2014 International Rose of Tralee.
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Alison Curtis spoke to Maria Walsh this morning fresh from her victory. The Philadelphia Rose said that she was shocked to win: “the calibre of the women was just immense and to be crowned and to be the representative of them is a fantastic honour”.
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