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'''Seán Ronayne''', ([[Cobh]], [[County Cork]], 1988<ref name="IrishEx-pluck">{{Cite web |last=Leonard |first=Sue |date=2024-11-16 |title=Beginner's pluck: Ornithologist and environmental communicator Seán Ronayne |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41516048.html |archive-url=http://archive.today/2024.11.19-222522/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41516048.html |archive-date=2024-11-19 |access-date=2025-07-05 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref>) is ean [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] [[Ornithology|ornitholist]] and [[writer]].
== Biography ==
Ronayne was born in 1988 in [[County Cork|Cork]]. From a very young age, he was fascinated by [[Bird|birds]]: in 2009 he had a [[blog]] about [[birdwatching]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Seán Ronayne's Birding Blog |url=http://ronayne88.blogspot.com/ |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=[[Blogspot]]}}</ref> After his secondary education at Coláiste Muire in Cobh, he studied [[zoology]] at [[University College Cork]] and obtained [[Master's degree|masters' degrees]] in [[marine biology]] and [[Environmental impact assessment|Ecological Impact Assessment]].<ref name="IrishEx-pluck">{{Cite web |last=Leonard |first=Sue |date=2024-11-16 |title=Beginner's pluck: Ornithologist and environmental communicator Seán Ronayne |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41516048.html |archive-url=http://archive.today/2024.11.19-222522/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41516048.html |archive-date=2024-11-19 |access-date=2025-07-05 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref>
He is especially fascinated by [[bird vocalization]], and set himself a goal to record the sounds of all circa 200 bird species of Ireland.<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Hagan |first=Sean |date=2024-02-18 |title='Total immersive obsession': meet the man on a mission to record every bird in Ireland |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/18/sean-ronayne-mission-record-every-bird-species-ireland-irish-wildlife-sounds-birdsong |archive-url=http://archive.today/2024.02.19-060412/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/18/sean-ronayne-mission-record-every-bird-species-ireland-irish-wildlife-sounds-birdsong |archive-date=2024-02-19 |access-date=2024-12-24 |work=[[The Guardian (Britse krant)|The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref><ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |last=White |first=Hilary |date=2024-10-15 |title=Seán Ronayne: 'I remember my mam saying: "Seán, you're too young to die. Don't give up, fight it"' |url=https://www.independent.ie/life/sean-ronayne-i-remember-my-mam-saying-sean-youre-too-young-to-die-dont-give-up-fight-it/a833771018.html |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Irish Independent |language=en}}</ref><ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |last=Ronayne |first=Seán |date=2024-10-16 |title=Seán Ronayne: Don't let birds battle their way here to find an empty larder |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/outdoors/arid-41495510.html |archive-url=http://archive.today/2024.12.24-110646/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/outdoors/arid-41495510.html |archive-date=2024-12-24 |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref><ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |last=Mullally |first=Una |title=Seán Ronayne: 'I never had dreams of making lots of money ... I knew what made me happy, and that was nature' |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2024/05/18/sean-ronayne-i-never-had-dreams-of-making-lots-of-money-i-knew-what-made-me-happy-and-that-was-nature/ |archive-url=http://archive.today/2024.05.18-202853/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2024/05/18/sean-ronayne-i-never-had-dreams-of-making-lots-of-money-i-knew-what-made-me-happy-and-that-was-nature/ |archive-date=2024-05-18 |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref><ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |last=Lawrance |first=Thomas |date=2024-05-26 |title=Cork's Birdsong man and partner announce pregnancy as doc airs on RTÉ |url=https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/corks-birdsong-expert-partner-announce-29243605 |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Cork Beo |language=en}}</ref> He published two albums with bird songs, and donates a quarter of the proceed [[BirdWatch Ireland]] (a partner of [[BirdLife International]]): the album ''Wild Silence'', published on 26 May 2024,<ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |title=Wild Silence, by Seán Ronayne |url=https://irishwildlifesounds.bandcamp.com/album/wild-silence |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Irish Wildlife Sounds |language=en |via=BandCamp}}</ref> and the album ''Hope'', published on 21 October 2024.<ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |title=Hope, by Seán Ronayne |url=https://irishwildlifesounds.bandcamp.com/album/hope |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Irish Wildlife Sounds |language=en |via=BandCamp}}</ref>
In 2024, ''Birdsong'' was published, a 52 minute the [[documentary film]] about Ronayne, directed by Kathleen Harris and produced by Ross Whitaker and Aideen O'Sullivan for True Films.<ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |title=Birdsong |url=https://www.birdsongfilm.com/ |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Birdsong |language=en-IE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stelling |first=Tamar |date=2024-12-20 |title=Kijken: man zoekt tjielp |url=https://decorrespondent.nl/15785/kijken-man-zoekt-tjielp/6e009d96-73a3-09a4-2319-df8ac64f2c5a |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=[[De Correspondent]]}}</ref><ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |last=Gallacher |first=Alex |date=2024-07-04 |title=A Reflection on Field Recordings and Nature Boy Seán Ronayne's 'Wild Silence' |url=https://klofmag.com/2024/07/nature-boy-sean-ronaynes-wild-silence/ |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=KLOF Mag |language=en-GB}}</ref>
With his [[autobiography]] ''Nature Boy: A Journey of Birdsong and Belonging'', published in 2024,<ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |last=McGarrigle |first=N.J. |date=2024-10-11 |title=Nature Boy by Seán Ronayne: A refreshingly open account of autism, difference and finding peace in nature |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2024/10/11/nature-boy-by-sean-ronayne-a-refreshingly-open-account-of-autism-difference-and-finding-peace-in-nature/ |archive-url=http://archive.today/2024.10.11-230908/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2024/10/11/nature-boy-by-sean-ronayne-a-refreshingly-open-account-of-autism-difference-and-finding-peace-in-nature/ |archive-date=2024-10-11 |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref> Ronayne won a [[Irish Book Awards|Irish Book Award]] 2024 in the category 'Biography'.<ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |last=Ryan |first=Niamh Aine |date=2024-12-18 |title=Two local authors in mix for Irish book of the year |url=https://www.corkindependent.com/2024/12/18/two-local-authors-in-mix-for-irish-book-of-the-year/ |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Cork Independent |language=en-US}}</ref><ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |title=Nature Boy: A journey of birdsong and belonging |url=https://www.irishbookawards.ie/winner/nature-boy-a-journey-of-birdsong-and-belonging/ |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Irish Book Awards |language=en-GB}}</ref> In the book, he wrote about birds, ornithology and his life with [[autism]] and [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]].<ref name="IrishEx-pluck">{{Cite web |last=Leonard |first=Sue |date=2024-11-16 |title=Beginner's pluck: Ornithologist and environmental communicator Seán Ronayne |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41516048.html |archive-url=http://archive.today/2024.11.19-222522/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41516048.html |archive-date=2024-11-19 |access-date=2025-07-05 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref>
Ronayne regularly lectures about birds and ecology in Ireland.<ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |last=Mythen-Lynch |first=Katie |date=2024-01-25 |title=His Cobh talk is booked out, so bird whisperer Seán Ronayne has announced a city event |url=https://www.yaycork.ie/his-cobh-talk-is-booked-out-so-bird-whisperer-sean-ronayne-has-announced-a-city-event/ |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Yay Cork |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |date=2024-05-08 |title=Celebration of Ballyhoura's Biodiversity with Seán Ronayne of Irish Wildlife Sounds |url=https://www.ballyhouradevelopment.com/news/celebration-of-ballyhouras-biodiversity-with-sen-ronayne-of-irish-wildlife-sounds |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Ballyhoura Development CLG |language=en}}</ref><ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |title=Seán Ronayne |url=https://theconference.squarespace.com/speaker-lineup/sean-ronayne |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=The Conference |language=en-US}}</ref><ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |title=Climate Writing Session with Kerri ní Dochartaigh, Seán Ronayne and Parents For Future UK |url=https://irishwriterscentre.ie/whats-on/climate-writing-session-with-kerri-ni-dochartaigh-sean-ronayne-and-parents-for-future-uk/ |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Irish Writers Centre |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
Ronayne lived in [[Barcelona]] with his [[Catalonia|Catalan]] partner Alba from 2018 till 2020. In 2020, they moved to Ireland.<ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |last=Sheridan |first=Colette |date=2024-10-25 |title=Cobh 'Nature Boy' is loving life as book sends message of hope |url=https://www.echolive.ie/corklives/arid-41502515.html |archive-url=http://archive.today/2024.12.24-112435/https://www.echolive.ie/corklives/arid-41502515.html |archive-date=2024-12-24 |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=echo live |language=en}}</ref><ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |last=Fitton |first=Daire |date=2024-07-29 |title='Birdsong' creator Seán Ronayne teams up with Cork charity to rescue baby bird |url=https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/birdsong-creator-sen-ronayne-teams-29634460 |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Cork Beo |language=en}}</ref> In October 2024, their daughter was born in [[Dublin]].<ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |last=Ronayne |first=Seán |date=2024-11-02 |title=Do we have enough safe hands to save Irish nature? |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/outdoors/arid-41507516.html |archive-url=http://archive.today/2024.11.03-101144/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/outdoors/arid-41507516.html |archive-date=2025-07-05 |access-date=2025-07-05 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref>
== Bibliography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Publisher
!ISBN
!Note
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|2024
|''Nature Boy: A Journey of Birdsong and Belonging''
|Hachette Books Ireland
|{{ISBN|9781399738156}}
|[[Irish Book Awards|Irish Book Award]] 2024 in the category 'Biography'
|}
{{Appendix|alles|* Aflevering van radio show/podcast ''Cork's 96fm Opinion Line'', mei 2024<ref>{{Citeer web |url=https://shows.acast.com/corks-96-fm-opinion-line/episodes/the-sparrow-developed-a-cork-accent-sean-ronayne-on-the-beau |titel=The Sparrow Developed A Cork Accent! - Seán Ronayne On The Beauty & Intelligence Of Birds |datum=2024-05-20 |bezochtdatum=2024-12-24 |website=Cork's 96fm Opinion Line |taal=en}}</ref>
* Interview op ''Bandcamp Daily'', juni 2024<ref>{{Citeer web |url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/sean-ronayne-wild-silence-interview |titel=Irish Wildlife Sounds and the Race to Record Ireland's Birds |datum=2024-06-14 |bezochtdatum=2024-12-24 |werk=Bandcamp Daily}}</ref>
* Aflevering van radio show/podcast ''The Pat Kenny Show'', november 2024<ref>{{Citeer web |url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/4BvFnMvjJa1O2slhRKdJAG |titel=Ornithologist Seán Ronayne on his new book ''Nature Boy'' |datum=2024-11-07 |website=The Pat Kenny Show Highlights |taal=en |via=[[Spotify]]}}</ref>
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'''Seán Ronayne''', ([[Cobh]], [[County Cork]], 1988<ref name="IrishEx-pluck">{{Cite web |last=Leonard |first=Sue |date=2024-11-16 |title=Beginner's pluck: Ornithologist and environmental communicator Seán Ronayne |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41516048.html |archive-url=http://archive.today/2024.11.19-222522/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41516048.html |archive-date=2024-11-19 |access-date=2025-07-05 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref>) is ean [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] [[Ornithology|ornitholist]] and [[writer]].
== Biography ==
Ronayne was born in 1988 in [[County Cork|Cork]]. From a very young age, he was fascinated by [[Bird|birds]]: in 2009 he had a [[blog]] about [[birdwatching]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Seán Ronayne's Birding Blog |url=http://ronayne88.blogspot.com/ |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=[[Blogspot]]}}</ref> After his secondary education at Coláiste Muire in Cobh, he studied [[zoology]] at [[University College Cork]] and obtained [[Master's degree|masters' degrees]] in [[marine biology]] and [[Environmental impact assessment|Ecological Impact Assessment]].<ref name="IrishEx-pluck">{{Cite web |last=Leonard |first=Sue |date=2024-11-16 |title=Beginner's pluck: Ornithologist and environmental communicator Seán Ronayne |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41516048.html |archive-url=http://archive.today/2024.11.19-222522/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41516048.html |archive-date=2024-11-19 |access-date=2025-07-05 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref>
He is especially fascinated by [[bird vocalization]], and set himself a goal to record the sounds of all circa 200 bird species of Ireland.<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Hagan |first=Sean |date=2024-02-18 |title='Total immersive obsession': meet the man on a mission to record every bird in Ireland |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/18/sean-ronayne-mission-record-every-bird-species-ireland-irish-wildlife-sounds-birdsong |archive-url=http://archive.today/2024.02.19-060412/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/18/sean-ronayne-mission-record-every-bird-species-ireland-irish-wildlife-sounds-birdsong |archive-date=2024-02-19 |access-date=2024-12-24 |work=[[The Guardian (Britse krant)|The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref><ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |last=White |first=Hilary |date=2024-10-15 |title=Seán Ronayne: 'I remember my mam saying: "Seán, you're too young to die. Don't give up, fight it"' |url=https://www.independent.ie/life/sean-ronayne-i-remember-my-mam-saying-sean-youre-too-young-to-die-dont-give-up-fight-it/a833771018.html |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Irish Independent |language=en}}</ref><ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |last=Ronayne |first=Seán |date=2024-10-16 |title=Seán Ronayne: Don't let birds battle their way here to find an empty larder |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/outdoors/arid-41495510.html |archive-url=http://archive.today/2024.12.24-110646/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/outdoors/arid-41495510.html |archive-date=2024-12-24 |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref><ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |last=Mullally |first=Una |title=Seán Ronayne: 'I never had dreams of making lots of money ... I knew what made me happy, and that was nature' |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2024/05/18/sean-ronayne-i-never-had-dreams-of-making-lots-of-money-i-knew-what-made-me-happy-and-that-was-nature/ |archive-url=http://archive.today/2024.05.18-202853/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2024/05/18/sean-ronayne-i-never-had-dreams-of-making-lots-of-money-i-knew-what-made-me-happy-and-that-was-nature/ |archive-date=2024-05-18 |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref><ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |last=Lawrance |first=Thomas |date=2024-05-26 |title=Cork's Birdsong man and partner announce pregnancy as doc airs on RTÉ |url=https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/corks-birdsong-expert-partner-announce-29243605 |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Cork Beo |language=en}}</ref> He published two albums with bird songs, and donates a quarter of the proceed [[BirdWatch Ireland]] (a partner of [[BirdLife International]]): the album ''Wild Silence'', published on 26 May 2024,<ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |title=Wild Silence, by Seán Ronayne |url=https://irishwildlifesounds.bandcamp.com/album/wild-silence |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Irish Wildlife Sounds |language=en |via=BandCamp}}</ref> and the album ''Hope'', published on 21 October 2024.<ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |title=Hope, by Seán Ronayne |url=https://irishwildlifesounds.bandcamp.com/album/hope |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Irish Wildlife Sounds |language=en |via=BandCamp}}</ref>
In 2024, ''Birdsong'' was published, a 52 minute the [[documentary film]] about Ronayne, directed by Kathleen Harris and produced by Ross Whitaker and Aideen O'Sullivan for True Films.<ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |title=Birdsong |url=https://www.birdsongfilm.com/ |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Birdsong |language=en-IE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stelling |first=Tamar |date=2024-12-20 |title=Kijken: man zoekt tjielp |url=https://decorrespondent.nl/15785/kijken-man-zoekt-tjielp/6e009d96-73a3-09a4-2319-df8ac64f2c5a |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=[[De Correspondent]]}}</ref><ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |last=Gallacher |first=Alex |date=2024-07-04 |title=A Reflection on Field Recordings and Nature Boy Seán Ronayne's 'Wild Silence' |url=https://klofmag.com/2024/07/nature-boy-sean-ronaynes-wild-silence/ |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=KLOF Mag |language=en-GB}}</ref>
With his [[autobiography]] ''Nature Boy: A Journey of Birdsong and Belonging'', published in 2024,<ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |last=McGarrigle |first=N.J. |date=2024-10-11 |title=Nature Boy by Seán Ronayne: A refreshingly open account of autism, difference and finding peace in nature |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2024/10/11/nature-boy-by-sean-ronayne-a-refreshingly-open-account-of-autism-difference-and-finding-peace-in-nature/ |archive-url=http://archive.today/2024.10.11-230908/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2024/10/11/nature-boy-by-sean-ronayne-a-refreshingly-open-account-of-autism-difference-and-finding-peace-in-nature/ |archive-date=2024-10-11 |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref> Ronayne won a [[Irish Book Awards|Irish Book Award]] 2024 in the category 'Biography'.<ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |last=Ryan |first=Niamh Aine |date=2024-12-18 |title=Two local authors in mix for Irish book of the year |url=https://www.corkindependent.com/2024/12/18/two-local-authors-in-mix-for-irish-book-of-the-year/ |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Cork Independent |language=en-US}}</ref><ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |title=Nature Boy: A journey of birdsong and belonging |url=https://www.irishbookawards.ie/winner/nature-boy-a-journey-of-birdsong-and-belonging/ |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Irish Book Awards |language=en-GB}}</ref> In the book, he wrote about birds, ornithology and his life with [[autism]] and [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]].<ref name="IrishEx-pluck">{{Cite web |last=Leonard |first=Sue |date=2024-11-16 |title=Beginner's pluck: Ornithologist and environmental communicator Seán Ronayne |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41516048.html |archive-url=http://archive.today/2024.11.19-222522/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41516048.html |archive-date=2024-11-19 |access-date=2025-07-05 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref>
Ronayne regularly lectures about birds and ecology in Ireland.<ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |last=Mythen-Lynch |first=Katie |date=2024-01-25 |title=His Cobh talk is booked out, so bird whisperer Seán Ronayne has announced a city event |url=https://www.yaycork.ie/his-cobh-talk-is-booked-out-so-bird-whisperer-sean-ronayne-has-announced-a-city-event/ |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Yay Cork |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |date=2024-05-08 |title=Celebration of Ballyhoura's Biodiversity with Seán Ronayne of Irish Wildlife Sounds |url=https://www.ballyhouradevelopment.com/news/celebration-of-ballyhouras-biodiversity-with-sen-ronayne-of-irish-wildlife-sounds |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Ballyhoura Development CLG |language=en}}</ref><ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |title=Seán Ronayne |url=https://theconference.squarespace.com/speaker-lineup/sean-ronayne |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=The Conference |language=en-US}}</ref><ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |title=Climate Writing Session with Kerri ní Dochartaigh, Seán Ronayne and Parents For Future UK |url=https://irishwriterscentre.ie/whats-on/climate-writing-session-with-kerri-ni-dochartaigh-sean-ronayne-and-parents-for-future-uk/ |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Irish Writers Centre |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
Ronayne lived in [[Barcelona]] with his [[Catalonia|Catalan]] partner Alba from 2018 till 2020. In 2020, they moved to Ireland.<ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |last=Sheridan |first=Colette |date=2024-10-25 |title=Cobh 'Nature Boy' is loving life as book sends message of hope |url=https://www.echolive.ie/corklives/arid-41502515.html |archive-url=http://archive.today/2024.12.24-112435/https://www.echolive.ie/corklives/arid-41502515.html |archive-date=2024-12-24 |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=echo live |language=en}}</ref><ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |last=Fitton |first=Daire |date=2024-07-29 |title='Birdsong' creator Seán Ronayne teams up with Cork charity to rescue baby bird |url=https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/birdsong-creator-sen-ronayne-teams-29634460 |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Cork Beo |language=en}}</ref> In October 2024, their daughter was born in [[Dublin]].<ref><templatestyles src="Sjabloon:Taalaanduiding/styles.css" />{{Cite web |last=Ronayne |first=Seán |date=2024-11-02 |title=Do we have enough safe hands to save Irish nature? |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/outdoors/arid-41507516.html |archive-url=http://archive.today/2024.11.03-101144/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/outdoors/arid-41507516.html |archive-date=2025-07-05 |access-date=2025-07-05 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref>
== Bibliography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Publisher
!ISBN
!Note
|-
|2024
|''Nature Boy: A Journey of Birdsong and Belonging''
|Hachette Books Ireland
|{{ISBN|9781399738156}}
|[[Irish Book Awards|Irish Book Award]] 2024 in the category 'Biography'
|}
{{Appendix|alles|* Aflevering van radio show/podcast ''Cork's 96fm Opinion Line'', mei 2024<ref>{{Citeer web |url=https://shows.acast.com/corks-96-fm-opinion-line/episodes/the-sparrow-developed-a-cork-accent-sean-ronayne-on-the-beau |titel=The Sparrow Developed A Cork Accent! - Seán Ronayne On The Beauty & Intelligence Of Birds |datum=2024-05-20 |bezochtdatum=2024-12-24 |website=Cork's 96fm Opinion Line |taal=en}}</ref>
* Interview op ''Bandcamp Daily'', juni 2024<ref>{{Citeer web |url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/sean-ronayne-wild-silence-interview |titel=Irish Wildlife Sounds and the Race to Record Ireland's Birds |datum=2024-06-14 |bezochtdatum=2024-12-24 |werk=Bandcamp Daily}}</ref>
* Aflevering van radio show/podcast ''The Pat Kenny Show'', november 2024<ref>{{Citeer web |url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/4BvFnMvjJa1O2slhRKdJAG |titel=Ornithologist Seán Ronayne on his new book ''Nature Boy'' |datum=2024-11-07 |website=The Pat Kenny Show Highlights |taal=en |via=[[Spotify]]}}</ref>
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