Waterford Rose to appear on Monday night's TV portion of the Rose of Tralee

2018 Waterford Rose Kirsten Mate Maher will appear on television as part of Monday night's televised portion of the Rose of Tralee.

Kirsten, who is among the favourites to take the crown, will be on stage with MC Daithi O Sé on Monday evening.

She is in fact one of the favourites to take the crown from Offaly's Jennifer Byrne when this year's winner is announced on Tuesday night's show.

Here is list of Roses taking the stage on Monday/Tuesday (in alphabetical order, not running order):

Monday, August 20

Abu Dhabi
Arizona
Carlow
Dublin
Florida
Kerry
Kildare
Kilkenny
Laois
Leitrim
Monaghan
New York
New Zealand
Newfoundland & Labrador
Toronto
Waterford
Westmeath
Yorkshire

Tuesday, August 21

Boston & New England
Chicago
Cork
Down
Dubai
Galway
Germany
London
Mayo
Melbourne
Perth
Philadephia
San Francisco
Sydney