*Sean Shannon
OVER €15,000 has been raised in less than 24 hours to assist the Shannon family of Ennis with a repatriation fund in bringing their beloved Sean home from Slovenia.
Ennis musician, Sean Shannon died in Slovenia over the weekend, his death has caused immense sadness across the county and in the musicial world with the self-taught pianist viewed as a child prodigy and a pianist with an enormous future ahead of him.
Former Mayor of Clare, Cllr Mary Howard (FG) set up a fundraiser on Monday afternoon to assist the Shannon family. In under four hours, the target was reached, any unspent funds will now be donated to the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust in “due course”, she confirmed.
Cllr Howard explained, “On Saturday morning the world of the Shannon family changed forever when we learned that Sean had died. We all share their grief and so many have asked me can they do anything to help. Sean’s family will have considerable expenditure in the coming weeks and that is why I have set up this page”.
She added that she was “blown away” by the public’s generosity to date.
