Rose hoping to bloom in her ancestral home

By Monica Heary
Updated November 1 2012 - 3:04pm, first published July 16 2012 - 4:57am
Irish luck: The Sydney Rose wants to hold the international Rose title. Picture: Lisa McMahon
Irish luck: The Sydney Rose wants to hold the international Rose title. Picture: Lisa McMahon
Rosy future: Sophia Fitzgerald with Damien Leith (left) and AFL star Tadhg Kennelly on the night of her win.
Rosy future: Sophia Fitzgerald with Damien Leith (left) and AFL star Tadhg Kennelly on the night of her win.

THE words of the Irish song go "she was lovely and fair" and they are the words training co-ordinator Sophia Fitzgerald, 25, of Peakhurst, hopes to hear on stage in Ireland, her ancestral home.

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