Roses at the Festival of Kerry

30th August-5th September 1968; The Rose finalists at the Ashe Memorial Hall during the Festival of Kerry. The Roses were: Ann Lynagh (Belfast); Ann Doherty (Birmingham); Mary Ellen Quigley (Boston); Kathleen Casey (Chicago); Eileen Slattery (Clare)- Winner; Ann Galvin (Cork); Kathy Ann Taylor (Detroit); Kay Kavanagh (Dublin); Georgina Maureen Gerassi (France); Doreen Brosnan (Kerry); Barbara Beltly (Leeds); Aileen Nugent (Limerick); Olive Carragher (Liverpool); Sally Murphy (London); Deirdre O'Reilly (Los Angeles); Kathleen McLoughlin (New York); Margaret O'Loan (New Zealand); Moira O'Connell (Nottingham); Ann Marie O'Reilly (Philadelphia); Judith Hardiman (San Francisco); Carmel Ann Shannon (Sydney); Kathleen O'Sullivan (Toronto); Marion Nagle (Waterford).