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This musical programme is interwoven with spoken word contributions from representatives of each town and village along the Brosna. Each town and village along the banks of the Brosna is invited to share a story, read a piece of prose, or recite a poem, creating a living narrative of the river as it flows through different communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Performances will include Grace Minnock, harpist from Rahan who will perform the Brosna Suite as part of her repertoire and Rahan Comhaltas Group. Also taking part &nbsp;in this years festival is The Glowing Bug Puppet Theatre who will <span>provide a spectacular shadow theatre show drawing inspiration from their research of biodiversity and natural habitats along the River Brosna. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Designed especially for young children and families, this engaging and interactive performance will use puppetry, storytelling, and creativity to introduce audiences to the insects, birds, animals, and plant life that depend on healthy river and wetland ecosystems.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":42725,"template":"","class_list":["post-42724","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>Brosna River Literary &amp; Music Festival - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Inspired and connected by the &nbsp;River Brosna, the communities of Clara, Ballycumber, Pollagh, Ferbane and Rahan come together along the banks of the river to share their music, poetry &amp; stories.\" \/>\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\/brosna-river-literary-music-festival-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Brosna River Literary &amp; Music Festival - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Inspired and connected by the &nbsp;River Brosna, the communities of Clara, Ballycumber, Pollagh, Ferbane and Rahan come together along the banks of the river to share their music, poetry &amp; stories. 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