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By Ellie Farrell Many of us have heard how this year has been very difficult for people involved in the arts and especially in the world of music and song. For nine young musicians from the west of Ireland it has been a month to remember for a good reason -at last! Earlier this month, Mary and Flan Noonan made contact with these young people and brought about just what the Eimear Noonan Music Bursary Awards programme set out to do. The bursary scheme which was originally set up by the Noonan fa...

Young musicians honoured in memory of Eimear Noonan December 23, 2020 THE winners of the Eimear Noonan Music Bursary Awards have been announced following a hugely successful virtual Carpe Diem Sing and Play Challenge which raised funds to support the initiative. Sarah Hannify is a violist from Galway and currently studying a BMus at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow. She was one of those who received the happy news this month that she was selected as one of two winners of an Award...