'Twinning Streak' as identical sisters drawn - a decade apart!

A Donegal twin has been selected to appear on the National Lottery Winning Streak TV Game Show on RTE One  - ten years after her identical sister appeared on the show!
In what is an incredible coincidence the Collum sisters, from Falcarragh, are still coming to terms with their “Twinning Streak” with the entire community joining in the exctiement.
In 2009, Rosie Collum appeared on the popular TV Game Show and won €37,000. The sisters were blown away when the name of her identical twin, Maggie, was pulled out of the Winning Streak drum  a decade later  to appear on the show tomorrow (Saturday 26th January).
However, Maggie has decided to shun the limelight and has asked Rosie to appear on her behalf on the show this weekend – making it a double appearance for her in ten years!
The “twinning streak” story has captured the imagination of locals in Falcarragh and the sisters have been treated like celebrities this week.

According to Rosie a simple trip to the shops, which normally takes a half hour, is taking three! She is thankful and appreciative of all the attention and congratulations messages from her neighbours in the community. In fact, a huge gang of friends will gather at their local pub, the Corner Bar in Falcarragh will gather to watch the show on Saturday evening.
When Rosie appeared on the show a decade ago she had just bought a house and used her winnings to furnish it. Rosie was sitting in the same house with her twin Maggie and their mum, Annie, watching Winning Streak last Saturday when, to their shock, they heard Maggie’s name get pulled out of the drum!

The three, who are all proud Gaeilgeoirs, made a lot of noise in celebration and excitement and pretty quickly Maggie decided that she would shun the limelight and let her sister play in her place – after all, she has done this before.

Rosie on the show in 2009.

The Winning Streak National Lottery game show, co-presented by Marty Whelan and Sinead Kennedy, will feature some perennial favorite games as well but also brand new games including Play or Pay, Roll for Riches, WinFall and Electric Dream – where one player will win an electric car worth €25,000.

Also appearing is Irene Byrne, from Ashbourne, who was speechless when she got a call from her brother-in-law last Saturday evening to tell her that her name had been drawn amongst next week’s Winning Streak players. Irene says the last few days have been bedlam but, despite being a bit nervous, she is really looking forward to playing the game.
Irene is originally from Finglas in Dublin and moved down to Ashbourne with her husband Tony 26 years ago. The couple have been married for 32 years and have three daughters: Alison, Aimee and Leah. Irene comes from a large family and has four sisters and four brothers, and looks forward to a knees up on Saturday after she goes on a Winning Streak.
Irene hasn’t made any plans for her Winning Streak winnings just yet as she can’t even get her head around being on the show just yet. She says that she will see how she gets on and after Saturday she will make plans with the family on what to do with her windfall.