- Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin
Aoibhínn Ní Shúilleabháin won the 2005
Rose of Tralee contest held inTralee ,County Kerry . She was born in Carnacon, Co.Mayo , Ireland in 1983. Her parents are Mary and Art Ó Súilleabháin.Ní Shúilleabháin was the
bookmakers ' favourite to win the Rose of Tralee. She is the 47th Rose and the first fromCounty Mayo . As well as the prestige of the title, she received a trip around the world worth €25,000 paid for byKerry Group , jewellery and homeware from Newbridge Silverware and a car provided by Smart Telecom. A record 920,000 people watched her being crowned on television.Ní Shúilleabháin received
First Class Honours in herPhysics degree fromUniversity College Dublin in December 2005.Her academic achievements include a student placement in 2004 atCERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) inGeneva , awards in the international Mathematical Modelling Contest, an Entrance Scholarship from UCD in 2001 and scholarships fromBord Na Gaeilge .Ní Shúilleabháin is the oldest in a family of six. She is a fluent
Irish language speaker as well as an accomplished musician having won several awards forsean-nós singing. She has been a member ofComhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann for many years, Cómhra Gaeilge and Grúpa Ceoil.Ní Shúilleabháin is a frequent panellist on
RTÉ 's flagship political satire programme "The Panel" and is currently a singer with the traditional Irish music and dance group, Rágús.ources
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* [http://www.castlebar.ie/photos/greenandred/aoibhinn/aoibhinn.htm "A Rose by Any Other Name – The Green n Red Interview"] , on [http://www.castlebar.ie Castlebar.ie]
* [http://www.westernpeople.ie/news/story.asp?j=26653 "Aoibhinn is all set to blossom in Tralee"] .Western People ,16 August 2005 .
* [http://www.rte.ie/tv/scope/scope06/SCOPE3_show02_profile.html Scope profile of Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin]
* [http://www.witsireland.com/BA2005-2.html Rose of Tralee Promotes Maths and Science at BA Festival of Science]
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