Today Mary is talking to Conor W. O’Brien, author of

Life in Ireland- A short history of a long time.

Available to purchase at
https://irishacademicpress.ie/product/life-in-ireland-a-short-history-of-a-long-time/

Conor is a wildlife writer and photographer, with a lifelong interest in the natural world. His work has been published in Ireland’s Own, Irish Wildlife magazine and Wings, the official publication of Birdwatch Ireland, in which he wrote about Ireland’s extinct birds. Conor’s first book, Ireland Through Birds: Journeys in Search of a Wild Nation, was nominated for Best Irish Published Book of the Year at the 2019 An Post Irish Book Awards. He is a member of Birdwatch Ireland and the Irish Wildlife Trust, and has given presentations on the great auk and Ireland’s Ice Age fauna to the latter.

Conor is from Wicklow Town, he now lives in County Meath.

Recommended books:

Life in Ireland- A short history of a long time
By: Conor W O Brien

My Garden World
By: Monty Don

Europe: A Natural History
By: Tim Flannery

Our Inner Ape: The best and worst of human nature
By: Frans de Waal

The cultural lives of whales and dolphins
By: Hal Whitehead and Luke Rendell

Five in Five- Trinity Botany Department short video on Burren Flora
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYgysq6oUYo

Contact Conor at
obrienconor@live.ie

Contact Mary at
mary@burrennaturesanctuary.ie

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www.burrennaturesanctuary.ie

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