THERE was red carpet glamour at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night, as teenagers glammed up for the Presentation Tralee Students Debs Ball.
About 240 teenagers attended the €55 a head affair and there was no expense spared on the dresses either judging by the style on show as they all enjoyed the occasion.
A lot of preparation went into the event as one student, Ellen O’Doherty, told TraleeToday.ie.
“We formed a committee back in October and the first thing we did was decide on a venue. There was five of us in the committee; myself, Joanne Meehan, Chantelle McDonagh, Niamh O’Connor and Tsungi Mujokoro,” said Ellen.
“We’d have regular lunchtime meetings about it. The accounts was the most difficult part – collecting and handling so much money. The money was collected during the year and the tickets went out last week. We were here in Ballyroe this morning setting up the decorations and making sure everything is ready for tonight which should be a great one,” said Ellen.
The students sat down to a vegetable soup starter, followed by chicken or salmon main course and finished off with profiteroles. Caoimhe and Fionan O’Carroll provide some music before DJ Aaron O’Shea had the place rocking til closing.
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Farrell Ó Nualláin, Marie Woulfe, James Kelly, Niamh Sheehy, Laura Daly and Dylan Sheehy at the Presentation Students Debs Ball at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Shannon Daly, Nicole Carey and Fiona McKeown at the Presentation Students Debs Ball at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Alan Counihan, Shannon Leahy, Deirdre Glavin and Jake Foley at the Presentation Students Debs Ball at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Dylan Ronan, Catherine O’Halloran, Saorise Brosnan and David O’Brien at the Presentation Students Debs Ball at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Phena Mulligan, Tommy Sheehy and Emma O’Halloran at the Presentation Students Debs Ball at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Adam O’Rourke and Carly Holden at the Presentation Students Debs Ball at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Shane McCarthy and Emily O’Brien at the Presentation Students Debs Ball at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Daniel Browne, Clodagh Moriarty, Davin Breen, Tara Boyle, Liam O’Herlihy and Sadie O’Sullivan at the Presentation Students Debs Ball at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Dejan Podbarac, Katie Horan, Niamh O’Connor, Eoghan O’Leary and Armstrong Adado at the Presentation Students Debs Ball at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Darragh Collins, Doireann O’Carroll, Aileen Murphy and Peter Moriarty at the Presentation Students Debs Ball at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Micheál Costello, Aisling Leahy, Joanne Meehan and Enda Jordan at the Presentation Students Debs Ball at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Attending the Presentation Students Debs Ball at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night were Diarmaid Moriarty, Lucas Cronin, Mark O’Connor and Joe Crosby. Photo by Dermot Crean
Rosie Wheeler, Alison Shaughnessy, Danielle Martin and Keelyn O’Brien at the Presentation Students Debs Ball at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Ella Horgan, Louise McAuliffe and Leandra Lukose at the Presentation Students Debs Ball at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Tomas Galvin and Ellen O’Doherty at the Presentation Students Debs Ball at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Jack Lacey, Jacqui Dodd, Renalyn Aganon and Febie Nicolas at the Presentation Students Debs Ball at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Mary Doody and Tsungi Mujokoro at the Presentation Students Debs Ball at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Caoimhe Crowe, Shauna Hannafin and Sinead Brosnan at the Presentation Students Debs Ball at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
