INCREDIBLE dancing performances electrified the crowd in the Brandon Hotel Conference Centre last night for the second Kerins O’Rahillys ‘Strictly Club Dancing’ night.
Around 1,000 tickets were sold for the event and they got their money’s worth from the 12 couples as they danced their hearts out for the audience.
Deirdre Walsh of Radio Kerry was MC for the evening while the judges — Cllr Terry O’Brien, last year’s winner Rosie McGrath, Mary Gaine of the All-Therapy Clinic and former Kerry GAA star and now of Radio Kerry Sean O’Sullivan — had a tough time deciding on the winners.
In the end they decided on McKenzie Keane and Shane O’Sullivan who proved popular victors while Oliver Molloy and Kelly Ann Roantree won the public vote.
The 12 couples taking part were McKenzie Keane (Dowlings Sports) and Shane O’Sullivan (Bioatlantis); Justin McCarthy (Bolger Fabrication/TraleeToday.ie) and Carol Nyhan (Hair By Carmon); Sam Locke (Garvey’s Supervalu) and Annie Locke (Walsh O’Sullivan Auctioneers); Declan Quill (McGrath Veterinary) and Sharon O’Sullivan (The Beauty Room); Kelly Ann Roantree (Quirke Security) and Oliver Molloy (Claire’s Slimming World); Diarmuid Brennan (Dynamic Strength and Conditioning) and Noelle Kingston (Na Gaeil GAA); Gavin Lyons (FBD) and Brenda O’Regan (Denny KDL); Mags Bowler (Kerry Motor Works) and Martin Farrell (The Brandon Hotel/M&C); Aidan Mangan (The Mangan Family) and Claire Goodall (Sandy Feet Farm); Ethan Dobbin (Sean Kerins Grass Cuttings) and Zoe Riordan Donnelly (Lane Brothers/Suits Select); Raymond Gallagher (Bon Secours) and Grace Hobbert (DPD); John Kelly (Kingdom Crash Repairs) and Cliodhna Hayes (Mike & Charlies Bar/Tom & Eileen). Scroll down for photos (we’ll have loads more of the audience tomorrow)…