Toronto has a winner

Maire Dineen

Maire Dineen is the 2012 Toronto Rose. The picture is care of Irish Culural Society as indeed is the following bio of Maire.

Máire, 22, is completing a Master’s program in economics at the University of Waterloo. She earned a double bachelor’s degree from the University of Maine in economics and International Affairs. While completing her undergraduate degree, she received the Outstanding International Student Award, and was a nominee for the America East Woman of the Year Award that recognizes the student athletes who have best exemplified a commitment to service, leadership, athletics and academics during their collegiate careers. Máire has links to Tralee, Co. Kerry, as this is where her maternal grandfather was born and raised before moving to Toronto in the 1950s. Her maternal grandmother was born and raised in Tara, Co. Meath. She has won four Canadian National Championships with Team Ontario for field hockey and was the Captain of Team Ontario as well as the MVP. Máire lists double-Olympian Hayley Wickenheiser as her role model.

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Toronto Rose

By way of the Irish Cultural Society of Toronto we have a photograph of Yvonne Herber, the 2010 Toronto Rose.

Where to get your Toronto news

Front row Siobhan Keenan Bradley-1998; Kayla Mahomed-2009; Maureen Hamill Horgan-1971; Patty O'Shea Sullivan-1977; Lisa Mullen-1996;

Back Row Sarah Sullivan-2009; Ashley Connaughton-2009; Jenna-Lee Creelman-2006; Erin Horgan-1999; Kathleen Looney Conway-1981; Colleen Moorley McPhee-1996; Ciara Wilson Costello-1992

You will find this photograph of Toronto Roses at the Toronto website. There are full details on all things you need to know if you want to know about Toronto Roses, believe it or not!

Toronto Rose's Mother Was a Rose!

At last we have some information on Sarah Kelly Sullivan, the 2009 Toronto Rose. A huge article appears on the georginaadvocate website.
It appears that her mother, Patricia O'Shea was also a Rose at the Festival in Tralee in 1977. There follows a true love story - Rose meets local, Rose marries local.
Read it all at the website.

Toronto Rose Bio

An item has flooded in about Karina Higgins, the 2008 Toronto Rose. We will quote it in full for you. "Karina Higgins won the 2008 Toronto Rose title. Karina was born in Dundonald Northern Ireland and came to live in Canada when she was 1 year old. Karina returned to live in Bangor for a year in 1999 and got to experience growing up there a bit.Back in Canada after graduating high school she took a year off to consider her options and save some money for school through her job. Ultimately she decided to enroll in the University of Ottawa Linguistics programme and has completed her first year. Karina has an older brother Niall, currently an elephant trainer at The African Lion Safari Park in Cambridge, Ontario. She also has 2 younger sisters, Fiona, currently obtaining her gliders pilot licence through the Canadian Air Cadets programme and Moira, a rep soccer player. Karina's parents Anne and Brian are from Belfast Northern Ireland. All will be in Tralee to support Karina and cheer her on".
So now you know!

News From Toronto

News is slow to come from some parts of the world. So we are grateful to Moya Dillon of newsdurhamregion.com for an update on Karina Higgins, Toronto Rose 2008. Karina is quoted as saying "to win, and now to be representing Canada, is a huge honour".
Go here for the item.

Toronto Mystery Solved

We have received two comments regarding the identification of Karina Higgins, the Toronto Rose 2008. Karina is in the black dress in the front row - unless you know differently!!

Toronto Mystery Update

We received a comment regarding the Toronto Rose, Karina Higgins (see previous post) as follows;

"click here - Toronto Rose Contestants I believe she is the one in the black dress on the bottom row"

I'm sure we will have confirmation soon.

Toronto Mystery

We are reliably informed that Karina Higgins is the 2008 Toronto Rose. However when we check out the Toronto site for the 2008 Rose information, all we find are pictures of the night, pictures of the committee and indeed pictures of the contestants. But we have no names for the pictures! And indeed the site doesn't even name the winner. Oh well. I'm sure it was a great night.
Check it out.