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11 Sept 2025

IN PICTURES: Meet all the cute contestants chasing the 2023 Nose of Tralee crown

Adorable! Voting starts August 3 all the way up to midnight on August 21

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Lola - Sligo Nose

At the grand age of 23, Lola has life all figured out.

She was adopted after almost two years in a foster home, at the age of 20 1/2, all so she could accompany her (former) foster humans when they emigrated to Ireland back in 2020. 

Her favourite hobbies are napping, birdwatching, and pushing much younger cats off the furniture in an attempt to recreate the scene from the lion king. 

Lola would make a great Nose of Tralee because older cats are so often overlooked for adoption, but have so much life, love and (in Lola's case) mischief left in them.

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