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IF YOU’VE BEEN watching The Rose of Tralee down the years while following Twitter at the same time, there is one thing for certain: a rake of people will compare it to The Lovely Girls Competition in Father Ted.

It’s so inevitable that there has been a deserved backlash against it:

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It’s obvious, hackneyed, and there are better things to make jokes about given there are hours of intentional and unintentional comedy on show.

But it’s different when someone on stage makes a reference to it, as we saw last night.

Chloe McGrath was the Waterford Rose on the night, and early on in her chat with Dáithí she said a ~familiar~ phrase

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“I was lucky enough to be selected as the Waterford Rose to represent the lovely girls watching the showing back at home”

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Yes, she went there

This was a revelation

The big question remains: was it intentional?

Surely someone got on to her before and was just like:

Ah you should definitely slide in reference to “lovely girls” for the craic

On an eventful night, a meta Father Ted shoutout was very welcome

Yes, yes she did.

She’s done her county proud

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*wipes away a single tear*

“I love me county”

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