Róisín Ryan Egenton (born 1977), as a 23-year-old woman who represented New York, was crowned the Rose of Tralee in the Festival Dome, Tralee, in front of a live audience of over 2,000 on 22 August 2000. 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 Tuesday, the biggest audience ever breaking all records for RTÉ Ireland. Róisín is the third New York Rose to have ever won the title, the previous New York winner being Marie Soden in 1976.