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This year\u2019s Birr Young Voices project – Myths & Magic – delves into local and national folklore, exploring the little-known Irish mythology of the great River Shannon, which flows through Offaly and 10 other counties, in song and animation. The children (ranging in age from 8-13 years old) will work with filmmaker and animator Finn Nichol, exploring these stories, making drawings and paintings of the mythical river goddess Sionnan, and the monster Cata, as well as other magical figures in well-known folk tales. 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