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Their creativity helped bring Sionnan to life, culminating in the creation of a beautiful dress designed by Couture Dress Designer <strong>Margaret Coyne<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The launch event will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Unveiling of the Sionnan Dress<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Recitation of the Sionnan Poem<\/strong>, composed by local children<\/li>\n<li><strong>Art Exhibition<\/strong> featuring the children\u2019s creative work<\/li>\n<li><strong>Musical Performance<\/strong>, including an original composition inspired by Sionnan by local singer-songwriter <strong>Andrew Lynch<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Creative Station<\/strong> where children can express their own interpretation of Sionnan<\/li>\n<li><strong>Screening of two short films<\/strong> showcasing Ireland\u2019s Aileen Mac Keogh 20th F\u00cdS Film of the Year Award winners from St. Hugh\u2019s N.S.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":40698,"template":"","class_list":["post-40697","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Goddess Of the River Shannon\u00a0 - Sionnan - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You are cordially invited to the launch of The Goddess of the River Shannon \u2013 Sionnan project.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-goddess-of-the-river-shannon-sionnan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Goddess Of the River Shannon\u00a0 - Sionnan - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You are cordially invited to the launch of The Goddess of the River Shannon \u2013 Sionnan project. 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