Texas Rose Arden Stringer in a long distance relationship with trad boyfriend

Arden Stringer, who is favourite to win the Rose of Tralee, has opened up about her long-distance relationship with boyfriend Ali Levack.

Read more: Dáithí O'Sé teases big surprise as the Rose of Tralee returns 'There may or may not be live animals' "Long story short we met through friends of friends. He is a trad musician and my brother is a dancer so the world is very small." She added: “The roots are further away than some of the other girls here but my family and I traced it back to the mid 1800s in Donegal."In Texas and in America, it is such a big place, you kind of need something to feel a part of. Something more niche and smaller in the local community. So the Irish community in Dallas is definitely a big part of that."

“I was a Rose bud when I was younger. And just with the Irish dance world in Dallas, I have several girls that my brother would have danced with that went on to be the Texas Rose, and they were like big sisters to me and some of the best women I know.She joked: “I am just going to be in shock when I go home and nobody applauds when I enter it."

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