All Rose of Tralee roads led to Ryan Tubridy for Dr. Clare Kambamettu, who has opened up about how her decision to enter the festival ultimately led her to her future husband.
Speaking about her role as head judge, Clare reminisced about how a butterfly effect triggered by her time as a Rose ultimately launched her media career and eventually led to her appearing on Ryan's show.
The host also famously presented the festival for a time before Daithí Ó Sé picked up the reins.
In a sit-down with the Irish Independent, Clare explained how appearing in the festival 'changed things externally' for her.
'An example of that is that I had radon testing done in my home a couple of years after the Rose of Tralee, nothing to do with it, but the radon levels were very high and the environmental protection agency at the time sent somebody to come down and do an interview with me on camera because I was a Rose of Tralee and they thought I'd be able to advocate for radon testing,' she recalled.
Clare continued: 'The guy who came to do the interview happened to be somebody who worked with a production company called Earth Horizons, who made a TV series called Eco Eye.
'A few years later, I get a call out of the blue and I'm asked if I'd be interested in coming up and having a chat about presenting the show, so those kind of stream of events are things that happened, like a butterfly effect.
'Then a further butterfly effect of that was Eco Eye came to an end, and I went on Ryan's radio show to talk about Eco Eye coming to an end, and that's how we met. So, there's this butterfly effect throughout life.'
Clare also spoke of how being a Rose has given her the confidence to back herself and hold her own in a conversation.
Clare's sweet words came as she recently revealed what she is looking for in a wedding dress, and she's not the only one who has experienced the butterfly effect of the Rose of Tralee.
Rosie & Dott founder and former Dublin Rose Siobhéal Nic Eochaidh also credits the festival with her finding her husband and her success with her business.
She launched the business in tribute to her late friend and Washington Rose, Dorothy 'Dott' Moriarty Henggler.
