The Festival of Kerry

We have a slection of items from Tralee.

And the winner is ...?

Tara Talbot, representing Queensland.

Tara works as a secondary school teacher and is also studying for a Masters in Marketing, after graduating with a degree in English & History from the University of Queensland, and ultimately plans to work in marketing for the not-for-profit sector.

The 27-year-old is a member of the Queensland Irish Association, plays mixed touch football, follows rugby and plans to travel to New Zealand for the rugby world cup, soccer as she is an avid Liverpool FC fan, and has represented Queensland at national level in athletics when she was younger. She is passionate about human rights and is an active member of the St Vincent de Paul Society through which she tutors a refugee family from Burma helping them with daily activities that we take for granted. She has travelled extensively through Europe and South-East Asia, and India is next on her list.

Tara was born in Dublin and moved to Australia when she was five-years-old, returning to live between Dublin and Galway for three years in 2006. One of her most memorable experiences is attending the Cannes Film Festival as a production assistant and being ‘papped’ on the red carpet. Tara’s father is from Dublin and her mother is from the Philippines.