CHANGE OF VENUE: Seán Ronayne: Nature Boy
- CHANGE OF VENUE: MARINO
- Marino Church, Bantry
- 17/07/2025 - 2:30 pm
Note: Due to the very rainy weather this week this event will take place in Marino Church instead. We are notifying all ticket holders of the new venue. This event is sold out and due to the smaller venue we are very unlikely to release any additional tickets.
Join us for a magical afternoon with Cork-born ornithologist and naturalist Seán Ronayne. Many of us first heard about Seán when we watched Birdsong, an award-winning documentary on RTÉ about his project to sound record all the regularly occurring bird species in Ireland. His beautiful and inspiring book Nature Boy: A Journey of Birdsong and Belonging won Dubray Biography of the Year at the 2024 An Post Irish Book Awards.
RAINY DAY PLAN ACTIVATED: THIS EVENT WILL NOW TAKE PLACE INDOORS IN MARINO CHURCH. As this is an outdoor event please dress for the weather and come prepared for sunshine and showers. We have a rainy day alternative at this venue.
Seán will be in conversation with Mike Ryan
Seán always knew he was different. Nicknamed ‘nature boy’ by the other kids, as a child he struggled to fit in and regularly escaped to the woods around his home in Cork. The natural world was his happy place, and there he soon discovered his unique talent – identifying birds through their sound and song. A passion that would save him in the weeks and months following a near‑death experience in his late teens. Even in the darkest times, nature became his guiding light.
As Seán found his path working as an ornithologist, he began to see how, by highlighting the wonder and beauty of the natural world, he could draw attention to the danger it currently faces.
And, at the age of thirty-two, Seán received an autism diagnosis and his life finally started to make sense. Here, Seán takes us on his journey. From his adventures in the Sahara Desert, the jungles of Nepal and the streets of Thailand, to discovering the night sounds of Catalunya, and his mission to sound record all the regularly occurring bird species in Ireland, Nature Boy is an inspiring story of love, connection and the healing power of nature.
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Seán Ronayne
