Rose of Tralee winner Rachel Duffy has opened up on the sad passing of her mother when she was just nine years old after being named the winner of the iconic festival on Tuesday, RSVP reports.
While the Westmeath woman says she is on cloud nine after host Daithi O’Se called her name as the winner of the 2022 event, she described the whole experience as "very special" and mentioned her late mother.
Speaking on RTE’s Morning Ireland on Wednesday, the 23-year-old shared that she lost her mam was she was just nine years old, but praised her father and the local community in the village of Rosemount for always being there for her.
