Laois Rose Sinead Dowd had to be patient in Kerry having to wait until the very last to be interviewed at the Rose of Tralee by Daithi O Se.
Watch the full interview with her above where she credited the third year students of Scoil Chriost Ri for helping her to write a poem that the Cullohill resident read on stage.
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