{"id":667877,"date":"2026-10-28T14:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T14:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/667877\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T14:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T14:42:10","slug":"claremorris-woman-to-represent-mayo-at-miss-ireland-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/667877\/","title":{"rendered":"Claremorris woman to represent Mayo at Miss Ireland final"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A 19-year-old woman from Irishtown, will represent Mayo at this year\u2019s Miss Ireland Grand Final next month.<\/p>\n<p>Ava Kate Rattigan will compete for the national title at the 78th annual event, which takes place at the Fairways Hotel in Dundalk on Saturday, November 21st.<\/p>\n<p>Ava Kate works as a home carer and says helping others and making a difference in her community are among her main passions.<\/p>\n<p>She began working at the age of 14, gaining experience in responsibility, independence and hard work. Her role in care has allowed her to develop meaningful connections with people and support them through different stages of their lives.<\/p>\n<p>She is also committed to charitable work and has raised more than \u20ac1,000 for Western Alzheimer\u2019s, supporting people living with the condition and their families.<\/p>\n<p>Ava Kate will join finalists from across Ireland at the competition, which celebrates confidence, ambition and individual achievement.<\/p>\n<p>The winner will be crowned by outgoing Miss Ireland Caoimhe Kenny, who represented Ireland in Vietnam for five weeks earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 19-year-old woman from Irishtown, will represent Mayo at this year\u2019s Miss Ireland Grand Final next month. Ava&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-667877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}