The Arrival of the Roses at the Festival of Kerry

27th August- 2nd September 1966; The Rose Finalists onstage at the Ashe Memorial Hall, Tralee, for the Opening Ceremony of the Festival of Kerry. The Roses were: Laraine Stollery (winner) New Zealand; Margaret Larkin, San Francisco; Colette O'Sullivan, Toronto; Kathleen O'Donnell, Boston; Kathleen Sheehan, Detroit; Elizabeth Farley, New York; Bernadette Casey, London; Madeleine Teresa Gibson, Leeds; Sheila Fitzpatrick, Manchester; Mary O'Connor, Birmingham; Carol Porter, Belfast; Maura Enright, Dublin; Jackie Purcell, Cork; Bernie McElligott, Limerick; Eleanor O'Connor, Kerry; Mary Ruane, Tralee.