WHAT I’M LISTENING TO: Luka Bloom’s ‘Thank you for bringing me here’, Christy Moore, Hudson Taylor and dare I say, Taylor Swift too. But I go through these moments where I need to listen to Irish music too, so I listen to Dolores Keane quite a bit.

WHAT I’M WEARING: I’m usually in sweat pants and sneakers! But because this is the year of Irish design, I’m trying to embrace all Irish designers, such as Natalie King in Ennis.

WHAT I’M READING: The Farmers Journal! When I’m on the plane, I’m trying to catch up on emails, whether for the Rose of Tralee or my job. I actually am a big Cecelia Ahern fan too.

WHAT I’M WATCHING: Re-runs of The Golden Girls and Murder She Wrote.

IF I WAS A SUPERHERO, MY POWER WOULD BE: Kicking the winning point in Croke Park for Mayo!

Read Maria's interview in full in this week's Irish Country Living, on shelves from Thursday 26 March.