.Dancers taking part in the Churchill GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
THERE mustn’t have been a soul left in Churchill last night, such was the huge crowd in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel for the GAA club’s inaugural ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event.
Around 500 people were treated to a fantastic night of entertainment as the 11 couples danced the night away with Alison Nulty proving a great MC.
Jackie O’Mahoney had been putting the dancers through their paces for the past few months and all those rehearsals paid off with some stunning performances.
There has to be a winner though and Ivan Parker and Katie McCarthy were deemed the best by judges Martin Ferris, Sharon Phelan, Darragh Ó Sé and John Scroope. The winners of the popular vote were Eileen Moran and Gary Dillon.
The 11 couples taking part were; Sheila Fitzgerald and Fr Eamonn Mulvihill; Rachel Brassil and Jeremy Walsh; Joanne Crowley and Brendan Kelly; Katie McCarthy and James Allman; Sinead Cotter and Johnny Clifford; Niall Ó Loingsigh and Juliette Rolls; Catherine Walsh and Michael O’Brien; Katie McCarthy and Ivan Parker; Veronica Kelly and JJ Prior; Eileen Moran and Gary Dillon; Susan Farrelly and John Carmody. Scroll down for loads of photos from the event (we’ll have many more tomorrow)…
Dancers taking part in the Churchill GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Niamh and Ger Carmody at the Churchill GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night. Photo by Dermot CreanMary Mullins, Bernadette O’Brien, Anne Dunne and Kathleen Curtin at the Churchill GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Dancers taking part in the Churchill GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night. Photo by Dermot CreanDancers taking part in the Churchill GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Isabel Travers, John Joe Hannafin, Patrick Hannafin, Ann Marie Travers and Maeve Hannafin at the Churchill GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night. Photo by Dermot CreanJeanette Riney, Mary Kearney and Mary Hannafin at the Churchill GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Margaret O’Sullivan, Samantha Hickey and Margaret O’Sullivan at the Churchill GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night. Photo by Dermot CreanCora Carrigg, Rebecca Galway and Carol Anne O’Meara at the Churchill GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Dancers taking part in the Churchill GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night. Photo by Dermot CreanSian Clinton and Jennifer Burke at the Churchill GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Garrett Dillon, Kate Dillon, Brian Dillon, Jess Lawman and John Dillon at the Churchill GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night. Photo by Dermot CreanInta Logina, Kristine Sasko and Jelena Bogdanovic at the Churchill GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Dancers taking part in the Churchill GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night. Photo by Dermot CreanSinead Sweeney and Marie Dennehy at the Churchill GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Daniel Walsh, Grainne Murphy and Cathal Murphy at the Churchill GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night. Photo by Dermot CreanCatriona O’Mahony, Celine O’Sullivan and Dolores Parker at the Churchill GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Margaret Quirke and Marie Hutchinson at the Churchill GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night. Photo by Dermot CreanAlan and Lorraine Murphy with Maria and Philip Browne at the Churchill GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night. Photo by Dermot Crean.Amy Kelly and Tara O’Shea at the Churchill GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night. Photo by Dermot CreanDancers taking part in the Churchill GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night. Photo by Dermot CreanDancers taking part in the Churchill GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night. Photo by Dermot CreanThe dancers at the Churchill GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
