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On Tuesday, 22nd August 2000, 23-year old Róisín Ryan Egenton, representing New York, was crowned the first Rose of Tralee of the new millennium on in the Festival Dome, Tralee, in front of a live audience of over 2,000. Over 1.3m viewers watched the first half of the selection on television Monday night and an estimated 1.5m tuned in again for the second half on on Tuesday, the biggest audience ever breaking all records for RTÉ Ireland.

Róisín enchanted the audience with her singing and violin playing on stage. Also performing live during an entertainment break on the Monday night were popular boy-band Westlife. In the weeks following her win, Róisín moved from the USA to Galway, Ireland.

Róisín is the third New York Rose to have ever won the title, the previous New York winner being Marie Soden in 1976. As well as the prestige of the title, she received a cheque for £4,000; £1,000 in SuperValu (Ireland) vouchers; a unique Waterford Crystal Trophy; a WAP phone and handheld computer; a year's supply of beauty treatments and advice from Oil of Olay; a year's supply of Cadbury Roses; and a Hyundai Accent sponsored by Eircell.

Always in demand during her reign, Róisín guest appeared on a number of television programmes including RTE's The Late Late Show, Open House, and Up for the Match; as well as TV3's Morning Ireland. She also appeared on numerous radio shows, newspaper interviews, and magazine photo shoots for VIP. The weekly newspaper Ireland on Sunday included her in their list of the "Top 30 Hottest Women in Ireland", the monthly magazine Irish America named her one of the "Top 100 Irish Americans of 2000". Throughout her year, she traveled extensively, including the length and breadth of Ireland; Los Angeles and New York, USA; and throughout Australia, including Darwin, Queensland, Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney. She helped to raise funds for a number of charity organisations including The Alzheimers Society of Ireland, Enable Ireland, and various hospices.

Following her tenure as Rose of Tralee, Róisín has continued to make guest appearances at a number of events. She was Guest of Honour at the 2002 Galway City St. Patrick's Day Parade, and was chosen to mark her achievement, her choice of a new home, and to reflect the bond between Ireland and Irish America.

Róisín received an Honours degree in International Studies from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. A keen musician, she was was principal violinist with the Manhattan School of Music Philharmonic and the New Jersey Youth Symphony, she attended the Meadowmount School of Music for 4 years, and she also performed in New York's Carnegie Hall.

Her parents Michael and Katherine are originally from Ireland, Counties Meath and Limerick/Tipperary respectively. She has one brother, Cormac. Though representing New York in the contest, Róisín is a native of Fanwood, New Jersey, USA.

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Preceded by Geraldine O'Grady	Rose of Tralee August 2000 - August 2001	Succeeded by Lisa Manning

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 Róisín enchanted the audience with her singing and violin playing on stage.  Also performing live during an entertainment break on the Monday night were popular boy-band [[Westlife]].  In the weeks following her win, Róisín moved from the USA to [[Galway]], Ireland.
-Róisín is the third New York Rose to have ever won the title, the previous New York winner being Marie Soden in 1976.  As well as the prestige of the title, she received a cheque for £4,000; £1,000 in [[SuperValu (Ireland)]]vouchers; a unique [[Waterford Crystal]] Trophy; a WAP phone and handheld computer; a year's supply of beauty treatments and advice from [[Oil of Olay]]; a year's supply of Cadbury Roses; and a [[Hyundai]] Accent sponsored by [[Eircell]].
+Róisín is the third New York Rose to have ever won the title, the previous New York winner being Marie Soden in 1976.  As well as the prestige of the title, she received a cheque for £4,000; £1,000 in [[SuperValu (Ireland)]] vouchers; a unique [[Waterford Crystal]] Trophy; a WAP phone and handheld computer; a year's supply of beauty treatments and advice from [[Oil of Olay]]; a year's supply of Cadbury Roses; and a [[Hyundai]] Accent sponsored by [[Eircell]].
 Always in demand during her reign, Róisín guest appeared on a number of television programmes including RTE's [[The Late Late Show]], Open House, and [[Up for the Match]]; as well as TV3's Morning Ireland.  She also appeared on numerous radio shows, newspaper interviews, and magazine photo shoots for VIP.  The weekly newspaper [[Ireland on Sunday]] included her in their list of the "Top 30 Hottest Women in Ireland", the monthly magazine Irish America named her one of the "Top 100 Irish Americans of 2000". Throughout her year, she traveled extensively, including the length and breadth of Ireland; [[Los Angeles]] and [[New York]], USA; and throughout Australia, including [[Darwin]], [[Queensland]], [[Adelaide]], [[Melbourne]], and [[Sydney]].  She helped to raise funds for a number of charity organisations including The Alzheimers Society of Ireland, Enable Ireland, and various hospices.