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Pascal Guillermie and Don O’Neill at the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner for Recovery Haven at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
IT was a night of fine food, fun and fabulous fashion at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night for the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner in aid of Recovery Haven.
Renowned fashion designer Don and his husband Pascal Guillermie welcomed over 380 guests for the lavish dinner with a special menu to remember Don’s mother Mim.
“Don and Pascal set the menu of Don’s mother’s favourite dishes so they were here from early morning making sure everything is perfect for tonight,” said Marisa Reidy, Marketing and PR Officer with Recovery Haven.
“It’s the eve of his mother Mim’s sixth anniversary of her passing. It’s very special for Don and his family and we’re honoured and privileged that he thought so highly of Recovery Haven to do this.”
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An amuse bouche of chilled galia, watermelon and ginger shot was followed by a Ballyroe summer salad of peach, fine beans and cherry tomato with gold river farm organic leaves and regato cheese.
Then came mushroom soup followed by a choice of roasted rump of Kerry lamb or sea trout, while summer berries pavlova and vanilla cream proved a satisfying denouement to the culinary side of the night.
Winner of Best Dressed Lady, Karen O’Sullivan.
Ladies were justified in dressing to impress as there were a number of best dressed prizes. Karen O’Sullivan from Ballyheigue won the overall prize of a THEIA gown, Diane Keating from Cork won a THEIA dress, Phil Hussey won a silk shawl and Danny Leane won best dressed man picking up an embroidered THEIA t-shirt for his efforts.
There were fantastic spot prizes too including a midweek break in The Absolute Hotel in Limerick, a €200 travel voucher from Noreen Lane Travel Counsellor and an Expose Beauty Lounge Pamper Package among others.
A terrific night then for an wonderful cause and as you can see below, there was no shortage of glamour on the night. Scroll down for photos…
Claire Murphy and Marie Loughran at the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner for Recovery Haven at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Tonya Courtney, Marie Lyons, Carol McHugh, Gina Greer, Teresa Galloway and Carol Burke at the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner for Recovery Haven at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Mary Tynan, Eileen Buckley, Cecelia Reidy and Anne Kissane at the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner for Recovery Haven at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Eileen Finn, Joan Murphy, Danielle Finn and Tanya Finn at the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner for Recovery Haven at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Eileen Kennedy and Triona O’Flaherty at the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner for Recovery Haven at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Maria Stack, Eleanor Stack and Betty Stack at the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner for Recovery Haven at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Helen Geary, Peggy Geary and Brenda O’Connor at the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner for Recovery Haven at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Evelyn Naughton and Bríd Walsh at the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner for Recovery Haven at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Gina Groves, Mary Kelliher, Olga Ryan and Vanessa Casey at the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner for Recovery Haven at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Mairead Keating, Anne Barry and Diane Keating at the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner for Recovery Haven at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Siobhan Sheehy, Donal O’Neill and Anne Marie Dineen at the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner for Recovery Haven at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Mary Godley, Rosaleen Godley, Niamh O’Connor, Noreen O’Halloran and Siobhan Flahive at the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner for Recovery Haven at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Claire Flahive, Anne Marie Horgan and Sheila King at the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner for Recovery Haven at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Joan Casey, Mary Flahive, Ciara Duggan and Mary Godley at the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner for Recovery Haven at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Amy Lucid, Mary Scanlon, Sharon Lucid and Mary Hennessy at the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner for Recovery Haven at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Jean Leahy, Mary Cooper Turner, Siobhan Kennedy, Mary Woulfe, Catriona O’Connor at the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner for Recovery Haven at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Mags Kissane, Jill Hannon, Catriona Kennedy, Magda Hennessy, Laura Hartnett, Lisa Martin and Karyn Moriarty at the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner for Recovery Haven at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Aoife Mulvihill, Zara Archibald and Merli Hallick at the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner for Recovery Haven at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Patricia Griffin, Catriona Hartnett, Denise Hartnett and Catherine Gayson at the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner for Recovery Haven at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Carina Kenny, Caroline Corridon and Ciara Corridon at the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner for Recovery Haven at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Rochelle Hughes and Peter O’Meara at the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner for Recovery Haven at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Mary O’Donnell and Mary McQuinn at the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner for Recovery Haven at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Brilliant night, can’t locate photos we took with don and pascal