Maud named IHF Kerry Employee of the Year

Maud Dowd, The Rose Hotel, Tralee who was named IHF Kerry branch Employee of the Year 2024.
Pictures: Don MacMonagle

Maud Dowd was announced as the 2024 Irish Hotels Federation Kerry branch Employee of the Year at a lunch in the Killarney Plaza Hotel.

Over 65 guests attended the event to celebrate and recognise the 17 nominees from hotels and guesthouses across Kerry who have made an outstanding contribution to their workplace.

Recipient of the IHF Kerry Lifetime Contribution to the Industry award John Fitzgerald from the Great Southern Hotel, Killarney (second from left) with Brian Lawlor, IHF Kerry Branch Chair; Mark Scally, Hayfield Family Collection and colleagues from the Great Southern Killarney Caoimhe Spillane, HR Manager and Jamie Power, General Manager

Interview panel member Mary Rose Stafford said the judges highlighted Maud’s wonderful attitude, helpful manner and her dedication to her role as a receptionist in The Rose Hotel,Tralee when selecting her as the winner.

Maud lives in Castlegregory with her husband, Mike, and their three children Sinead, Gráinne and Séan.

She has worked in the hotel industry for a number of years and has worked previously in Parknasilla Hotel, Manor West Hotel and has worked in The Rose Hotel for the past 12 years when it was formerly Carlton/Fels Point Hotel.

Recipient of the IHF Kerry Lifetime Contribution to the Industryí award Esther McCarthy from Ballyseede Castle Hotel pictured with Brian Lawlor, IHF Kerry branch chair and Derek Carroll, assistant general manager, Ballyseede Castle Hotel

There were two special prizes presented to John Fitzgerald, Great Southern Killarney and Esther McCarthy, Ballyseede Castle Hotel who were selected for Lifetime Contribution to the Industry awards by the IHF with over 50 years of service each.

The adjudicators were Mary Rose Stafford, MTU Tralee, Geraldine Rosney, formerly of Killeen House Hotel and Rozzers Restaurant and Terence Mulcahy, formerly of the International Hotel Killarney.

The members of the IHF Kerry branch wished Maud the very best of luck as she goes on to represent them at the upcoming National IHF Employee of the Year Awards, which will be held during the IHF’s Annual Conference at the Gleneagle Hotel and INEC in February 2025.

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