{"id":596309,"date":"2026-08-17T19:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T19:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/596309\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T19:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T19:52:14","slug":"public-transport-for-the-rose-of-tralee-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/596309\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Transport for the Rose of Tralee festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\tPublic Transport for the Rose of Tralee festival &#8211; Transport for Ireland@ Tralee, Co.Kerry <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"skip-link\" href=\"#maincontent\">Skip to main content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transportforireland.ie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a>              <\/p>\n<p>17\/08\/2026 &#8211; 18\/08\/2026<\/p>\n<p>The Rose of Tralee returns to the Kingdom (Tralee, Co.Kerry)\u00a0 from August 14th\u2013August 18th.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transportforireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200x198-Rose-of-tralee-2026-14-18-Aug.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-86321 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200x198-Rose-of-tralee-2026-14-18-Aug-1024x254.jpg\" alt=\"1200x198 Rose of tralee 2026 14-18 Aug\" width=\"640\" height=\"\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below please find <a href=\"#transport\">details of public transport<\/a> to and from Tralee for the festival<\/p>\n<p>14-18 August<\/p>\n<p>with Rose of Tralee Television selection events taking place on 17 and 18 August.<\/p>\n<p>The 5-day festival culminates with the 2 nights at the Tralee Done \u2013 where the 32 Roses \u2013 representing Irish diaspora from across the globe, speak on stage and live TV \u2013 to presenters Daith\u00ed O\u2019Shea and Kathryn Thomas.<br \/>Many Roses also end their live interview with \u2018a party piece\u2019 \u2013 a song, a poem, a dance, they may play a musical instrument, or perform some other form of entertainment. At the end of the 2 nights \u2013 a new Rose of Tralee is selected and announced \u2013 picked by a selection committee who meet the Roses throughout the festival week.<\/p>\n<p>The Rose of Tralee festival week \u2013 has details here:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/roseoftralee.ie\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Rose of Tralee \u2013 International Festival<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With events throughout the town \u2013 Each Rose is also paired with a Male Escort for the festival. The <a href=\"https:\/\/roseoftralee.ie\/rose-buds\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Rose Buds<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/roseoftralee.ie\/rose-buddies\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Rose Buddies<\/a> program is a special part of the Rose of Tralee International Festival where 32 young girls and 32 boys aged 6 to 10 are paired with official international Roses and Escorts for the week.<\/p>\n<p>The event is televised on RTE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/entertainment\/2026\/0814\/1587841-rose-of-tralee-meet-this-years-roses\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">RTE: Rose of Tralee: Meet this year\u2019s Roses<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Public transport (Bus and Trains)<\/p>\n<p>Public transport (Bus and Trains) will operate on schedule for these events \u2013 to help bring the public to and from Tralee.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transportforireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tralee_NY_denny-street.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-59141 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tralee_NY_denny-street-1024x736.jpg\" alt=\"Denny Street Tralee NYE celebrations map\" width=\"640\" height=\"\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bus<\/p>\n<p>TFI Local Link Bus services, and Bus \u00c9ireann services to and from Tralee bus station.<\/p>\n<p>Train: Iarnr\u00f3d \u00c9ireann \/ Irish Rail\u00a0 to \/ from Tralee\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mallow-\u00a0 (CorK) to Tralee direct \u2013 with stops at Banteer, Millstreet, Killarney, Farranfore, Tralee.<br \/>\nFrom Mallow \u2013 connections to\/from Cork and Dublin (Heuston)<br \/>\nThere are some direct Cork- Tralee services, and a 17:05 Dublin Heuston \u2013 Tralee direct service.<\/p>\n<p>Road closures:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bus Services will not serve the bus stop at the Ashe Memorial Hall in Denny<br \/>Street for the below RRS services &amp; relevant DRT services during the above<br \/>dates.<\/p>\n<p>Route 273 C\u00e9 Bhr\u00e9anainn \/ Brandon \u2013 An Cloch\u00e1n \/ Cloghane \u2013 Stradbally \u2013<br \/>Castlegregory \u2013 Aughacasla \u2013 Camp \u2013 Curaheen \u2013 Blennerville \u2013 Tralee<br \/>Route 274 Tarbert \u2013 Ballylongford \u2013 Asdee \u2013 Ballybunion \u2013 Ballyduff \u2013<br \/>Causeway \u2013 Ballyheigue \u2013 Ardfert \u2013 Tralee<br \/>Route 278 Fenit \u2013 Kilfenora \u2013 Spa \u2013 Tralee<br \/>Route 283 Currow \u2013 Currans \u2013 Kerry Airport \u2013 Farranfore \u2013 Tralee<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.locallinkkerry.ie\/2026\/08\/bus-stop-changes-rose-of-tralee-feile-thra-li-festival\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bus Stop Changes \u2013 Rose of Tralee &amp; Feile Thr\u00e1 L\u00ed Festival \u2013 Local Link Kerry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bus \u00c9ireann<\/p>\n<p>The following routes service Tralee town<\/p>\n<p>13 Limerick- Adare \u2013 Listowel \u2013 Tralee<br \/>\n40 Waterford \u2013 Cork- Tralee<br \/>\n271 Killarney \u2013 Kerry Airport \u2013 Tralee<br \/>\n272 Ballybunion \u2013 Listowel \u2013 Tralee<br \/>\n275 Dingle \u2013 Annascaul \u2013 Blennerville \u2013 Tralee<br \/>\n279\u00a0 Killarney \u2013 Killorglin \u2013 Castlemaine \u2013 Tralee<br \/>\n279a Cahersiveen \u2013\u00a0Killorglin \u2013 Castlemaine \u2013 Tralee<br \/>\n284 Killarney \u2013 Farranfore \u2013\u00a0 Gortalee \u2013 Tralee<\/p>\n<p>          Train: Iarnr\u00f3d \u00c9ireann \/ Irish Rail\u00a0 to \/ from Tralee\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mallow-\u00a0 (CorK) to Tralee direct \u2013 with stops at Banteer, Millstreet, Killarney, Farranfore, Tralee.<br \/>\nFrom Mallow \u2013 connections to\/from Cork and Dublin (Heuston)<br \/>\nThere are some direct Cork- Tralee services, and a 17:05 Dublin Heuston \u2013 Tralee direct service.<br \/>\nAlso to\/from Galway-Limerick \u2013 with connections at Mallow and Limierick Junction:<\/p>\n<p>Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; 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