2014 Rose of Tralee

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| photo = Maria Walsh, 2018.jpg

| caption = The winner, Maria Walsh in 2018

| winner = Maria Walsh (Philadelphia)

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| date = 18–19 August 2014

| venue = Festival Dome, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland

| presenters = Dáithí Ó Sé

| acts = HomeTown (18 August) Nathan Carter (19 August)

| broadcaster = RTÉ

| entrants = 32{{cite web|url = http://www.roseoftralee.ie/roses/international-roses-2014|title= 2014 Contestants |date=20 August 2014|work=Official Site|accessdate=20 August 2014}}

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| next = 2015

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The 2014 Rose of Tralee was the 55th edition of the annual Irish international festival held on 18–19 August 2014. The competition was televised live on RTÉ television.

The Philadelphia Rose, Maria Walsh, was crowned the winner of the competition on 19 August. She was a 27-year-old native of Boston in the United States who moved to Shrule, County Mayo in Ireland in 1994. After her college education, she emigrated to New York City in the United States then moved to Philadelphia in 2011.{{cite web|url = http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2014/0820/638201-rose-of-tralee/|title=Philly's Rose is New Rose of Tralee|date=20 August 2014|work=RTÉ News|accessdate=20 August 2014}}[http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2014/0824/639037-rose-of-tralee-reveals-that-shes-gay/ Rose of Tralee reveals that she's gay] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825183437/http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2014/0824/639037-rose-of-tralee-reveals-that-shes-gay/ |date=25 August 2014 }} RTÉ News, 24 August 2014.

She had been the favourite with the bookies, with Paddy Power offering odds of 2/5 for her to take victory.{{cite news|url = http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/philadelphia-rose-crowned-2014-rose-of-tralee-1.1902076|title=Philadelphia Rose crowned 2014 Rose of Tralee|date=20 August 2014|newspaper=The Irish Times|accessdate=20 August 2014}}{{cite web|url = http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/festivals/2014-international-rose-of-tralee-winner-maria-walsh-30521672.html|title=2014 International Rose of Tralee winner: Maria Walsh |date=20 August 2014|work=Irish Independent|accessdate=20 August 2014}}{{cite web|url = http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/the-rose-of-tralee-festival-of-fun-frocks-and-frolics-282814.html|title= THE ROSE OF TRALEE: Festival of fun, frocks and frolics|date=20 August 2014|work=Irish Examiner|accessdate=20 August 2014}}{{cite web|url = http://thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/rose-of-tralee-live-blog-1628110-Aug2014/|title= As it happened: The crowning of the Rose of Tralee 2014|date=20 August 2014|work=The Journal|accessdate=20 August 2014}}

Walsh revealed that she was a lesbian five days after her coronation.[http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/festivals/rose-of-tralee-reveals-shes-gay-30531924.html Rose of Tralee reveals she's gay] Sunday Independent, 24 August 2014.[http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/rose-heartened-by-response-to-revelations-that-she-is-gay-1.1906716 Rose heartened by response to revelations that she is gay] Irish Times, 25 August 2014.