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Rose of Tralee Maria Walsh reveals her dreams of getting married

Rose of Tralee Maria Walsh has revealed hopes to be married by her parish priest.

The brunette beauty, who is the first openly gay winner of the coveted pageant, admitted she hopes that by the time she walks down the aisle, priests will welcome same-sex marriages.

“Who would have thought marriage equality would have even happened here in the country?” she said.

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Tying the knot: Maria revealed she would like to be married by her parish priest  | VIPIRELAND.COM

 

“So I think let’s see what the next few years [bring]. I’m still single and ready to mingle so I’m by no means close to being married in a church quite yet.

“So maybe by the time that happens priests are welcoming me at the altar – we’ll see,” she added.

The 28-year-old who is from Boston but grew up in Shrule, Co Mayo, revealed her dream would be to be married by a “friend of the Church”.

“So whether that be in the church or close to a church, we’ll have to see what happens,” she divulged.

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Speaking to Brendan O’Connor on RTE Radio One, Maria revealed although the Vatican were vocal over their disapproval of the marriage referendum result – she’s always felt “welcomed” by the Church.

“I’ve never been turned away from the Catholic Church. I have a really great relationship with my parish priest in Shrule, I attend Mass in Philadelphia as often as I can,” she admitted.

“So I think until the day when I get turned away from the States, I might have something else to say about it. But, no, I have always been welcomed.”

Meanwhile, the pioneer said she believes there was also “an awful lot of non-churchgoers” who felt marriage equality shouldn’t have happened in Ireland.

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Pioneering: Maria believes there was many “non church go-ers” who didn’t want to pass marriage equality in Ireland

“For me, I connect with my parish priest, [who] has always been in my life,” she said.

“I read at Mass for many years, I was a server, I try and do many Catholic things to live by.

“Just because potentially, maybe, not all the priests feel that I and my LGBT community members don’t deserve equality, there’s plenty of straight people that don’t feel it either and that doesn’t mean I’m going to shy away from them in the street.”

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