Ronan Brady: Episode 387

Physical artist Ronan Brady has toured the world and graced the biggest stages with his one of a kind cyr wheel performances. Today he joins Jarlath to discuss how he went from normality and comfort of being Roscommon county footballer and school teacher to a travelling circus act respected across the globe. Ronan opens up for the first time about his struggle to write his best-selling new book 'Worlds Apart' (4:00), the lack of true emotion he found while playing GAA at a county level (22:00) and his discovery of circus performance (29:00). The episode includes his inspiring story of working with Panti on their hit show Riot (31:00), his personal battle with finding comfort in his own skin after years of conformity (36:00) and his side-splitting story of becoming the Del Boy of his secondary school (1:04:00). This is one of the most unusual yet uplifting stories ever told on Irishman Abroad. Visit www.ronanbrady.me for more information and for links to purchase Worlds Apart in either paper or audiobook format. To hear this episode in full and to gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 350 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad. Supplementary research provided by John Meagher.   Our charity partner is jigsawonline.ie. In these tricky times, Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for your people to help them strengthen their mental health and the skills needed to navigate life. Please visit their website and consider making a donation. For updates on future episodes and live shows follow @jarlath on Twitter, visit www.jigser.com or email the show directly on [email protected]. Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.