Western Canada Rose SInéad McGahern Irish Dancing on stage at the Rose of Tralee International Festival. Pic Steve Humphreys

It appears geography is not the Western Canadian Rose's special talent.

Sinead McGahern may have burned a few bridges with the Irish public after she implied Ireland was part of the United Kingdom.

Explaining to Daitií Ó Se how many relations she had over this side of the Atlantic, she said: "23 first cousins in the UK. Three are currently in England and the other twenty here are in Ireland."

Twitter users were quick to correct her, of course.

Western Canadian rose your geography just wasn't on point #roseoftralee pic.twitter.com/57F4ZK0B4n — Rachael Flood (@RachaelAFlood) August 22, 2017

#RoseOfTralee Dáithí greets the Texas rose by asking "you've been to Ireland? You know how it works?". Trying to avoid another Canada/UK. — Johnathan Randall (@MrJRan) August 22, 2017

Canada might aswell be a state in the USA if this rose thinks that Ireland is part of the UK #RoseOfTralee — Orlaith McAndrew (@mcorly_21) August 22, 2017

That Western Canada Rose is causing quite the stir#RoseOfTralee pic.twitter.com/Sdb3EbTyWK — Myth Addict (@CormacCor) August 22, 2017

Western Canadian Rose just appointed Border Control Consultant for Brexit #Roseoftralee #ROT — FFTZG (@FionaFitzGd) August 22, 2017

She may struggle to live that one down for a while.

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