Sean Shannon RIP

I am blown away by your generosity we reached the target in less than 4 hours... I am increasing the target and any unspent funds will be donated to the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust in due course. - kbrtrust.com

Hi Mary Howard here.

I write this with a heavy heart. Over the past few days we heard the awful news that Sean Shannon tragically died while visiting Slovenia.

Sean was only 18 years old, he was a respectful, shy, humble young man with an extraordinary talent- he was a self taught pianist and only received formal tuition in recent years. He had just finished his first year at the Royal Irish Academy of Music and had featured in the RTE series "Face the Music".

The world was his oyster and we were all looking forward to following his career.

Sean was a "Child Prodigy" -the first one I have ever met and most probably the only one..

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 fo anything to help..

Sean's family will have considerable expenditure in the coming weeks and that is why I have set up this page.