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Niall Kearns, Airport Director and Claire Corry, Facilities Manager Shannon Airport along with Hannah Mangan, Ennis NS, Cillian Fahy, Knockanean NS, Laoise Chaplin, Sixmilebridge NS,Claire Reidy, Millford NS, AoibhinMcCarthy, Sixmilebridge NS , Sophie O'Connell, Sixmilebridge NS, Laoise Taylor, Milford National School, and Katelyn Cullinan, Knockanean NS taking part in the School Bands Spectacular Takes Flight at Shannon Airport as 200 Students Perform for Passengers on Thursday. Photograph by Eamon Ward Thursday 10th April 2025: Over 160 primary school students from Clare and Limerick took to the stage at Shannon Airport for a musical school band spectacular that had passengers and staff on their toes in the terminal building. Students from County Clare primary schools - Ennis National School, St. Fiannachta's National School (Sixmilebridge) and Knockanean National School, and from Milford National School (Limerick), gathered at the airport terminal for the reinstatement of the annual Schools Band Spectacular. This event, which had been a tradition for seven consecutive years before the Covid-19 pandemic, saw school bands perform at the airport. Photograph by Eamon Ward Niall Kearns, Airport Director and Claire Corry, Facilities Manager Shannon Airport along with Hannah Mangan, Ennis NS, Cillian Fahy, Knockanean NS, Laoise Chaplin, Sixmilebridge NS,Claire Reidy, Millford NS, AoibhinMcCarthy, Sixmilebridge NS , Sophie O'Connell, Sixmilebridge NS, Laoise Taylor, Milford National School, and Katelyn Cullinan, Knockanean NS taking part in the School Bands Spectacular Takes Flight at Shannon Airport as 200 Students Perform for Passengers on Thursday. Photograph by Eamon Ward Thursday 10th April 2025: Over 160 primary school students from Clare and Limerick took to the stage at Shannon Airport for a musical school band spectacular that had passengers and staff on their toes in the terminal building. Students from County Clare primary schools - Ennis National School, St. Fiannachta's National School (Sixmilebridge) and Knockanean National School, and from Milford National School (Limerick), gathered at the airport terminal for the reinstatement of the annual Schools Band Spectacular. This event, which had been a tradition for seven consecutive years before the Covid-19 pandemic, saw school bands perform at the airport. Photograph by Eamon Ward

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Niall Kearns, Airport Director and Claire Corry, Facilities Manager Shannon Airport along with Hannah Mangan, Ennis NS, Cillian Fahy, Knockanean NS, Laoise Chaplin, Sixmilebridge NS, Claire Reidy, Millford NS, AoibhinMcCarthy, Sixmilebridge NS, Sophie O’Connell, Sixmilebridge NS, Laoise Taylor, Milford National School, and Katelyn Cullinan, Knockanean NS taking part in the School Bands Spectacular at Shannon Airport. Photograph by Eamon Ward

More than 160 primary school students from Limerick and Clare perform for passengers at Shannon Airport as the School Bands Spectacular returns

Laoise Taylor, Milford National School, Limerick , Eve Davern, Knockanean NS and Paddy Morey, Sixmilebridge NS along with Niall Kearns, Airport Director, Shannon Airport taking part in the School Bands Spectacular Takes Flight at Shannon Airport as 200 Students Perform for Passengers on Thursday. Photograph by Eamon Ward
Laoise Taylor, Milford National School, Limerick, Eve Davern, Knockanean NS and Paddy Morey, Sixmilebridge NS, along with Niall Kearns, Airport Director, Shannon Airport taking part in the School Bands Spectacular at Shannon Airport as 200 Students Perform for Passengers on Thursday. Photograph by Eamon Ward

More than 160 primary school students from Limerick and Clare took to the stage at Shannon Airport for a musical school band spectacular that had passengers and staff on their toes in the terminal building.

Milford National School students joined students from County Clare primary schools, Ennis National School, St. Fiannachta’s National School in Sixmilebridge, and Knockanean National School, gathered at the Shannon Airport terminal for the reinstatement of the annual Schools Band Spectacular. This event, which had been a tradition for seven consecutive years before the Covid-19 pandemic, saw school bands perform at the airport.

Welcoming the students, Niall Kearns, Airport Director at Shannon Airport, said: “We hosted the Schools Band Spectacular for seven years up to 2020, and we are thrilled to have the schools perform for passengers once again. Shannon Airport is deeply embedded in the community here, and events like this help us strengthen our ties with the region.


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“There’s always great excitement among the children when they arrive at Shannon Airport. It’s a fun day for us as much as it is for the students. This event is all about providing these talented children with an opportunity to play music for and with their peers, and it was wonderful to see so many passengers and guests enjoying the performances,” Mr. Kearns added.

Laoise Taylor, Milford National School, Limerick , Eve Davern, Knockanean NS and Paddy Morey, Sixmilebridge NS along with Niall Kearns, Airport Director, Shannon Airport taking part in the School Bands Spectacular Takes Flight at Shannon Airport as 200 Students Perform for Passengers on Thursday. Photograph by Eamon Ward
Katelyn Davern , Knockanean School, Co Clare awaiting to perform with her classmates as the School Bands Spectacular Takes Flight at Shannon Airport as 200 Students Perform for Passengers on Thursday. Photograph by Eamon Ward
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