Sunday Times sport interview
“..the team bus pulls up and there were lads that I knew and I was chatting to a few of them. Despite me being yards away from the dressing room I was worlds away” That day, on that pitch, he cut loose.
Denis Walsh
Sunday Times Review
“..he has done a service by raising an over looked topic. An engaging companion who never makes the mistake of alloying self-analysis to slide into self absorption, Brady provides diverting, thought-provoking reading. Even better, this tale is frequently great fun. An alternative journey to becoming a modern mad indeed.”
Enda McEvoy
Irish Independent article
“MANY books don't live up to their title, but it’s fair to say that abandoning inter-county football with Roscommon, as well as his career as an engineering teacher, to join the circus certainly constitutes Ronan Brady's diverging career paths as 'Worlds Apart'.”
Books Ireland Interview
“..this unlikely journey in a colourful and highly readable manner with a soul-searching bite to it.”
- Mary McCarthy
Ronan Brady Joins Louise on Spin Now
A 10 minutes chat with Louise Cantillon on all things Worlds Apart
Worlds Apart on 2fm with Jennifer Zamperelli
A wonderful 20 minute chat about all things Worlds Apart. Click link for full interview.
“It was definitely about personal growth”
Ronan Brady took the road less traveled
Advice to Leaving Cert students
“In school, I never imagined I’d be touring the world as a performer in a show like Riot, working alongside amazing artists like Panti Bliss.”
Arts Council Bursary
Sometimes we can get caught in analysis paralysis and don’t actually know what to do when we have an idea. It’s very difficult to know what to do when you’ve never done it before. There are two options, keep analysing and go nowhere, or Just Start…
Classic Hits Radio Podcast
Ronan Brady and Aisling Ní Cheallaigh drop into studio to tell Trina about their nationwide tour. They've been on "Ireland's Got Talent" and Aisling has turned down the chance to be part of Cirque Du Soleil on 4 occasions Tickets at www.howtosquareacircle.com
RTE Culture
I lied to a lot of people," smiles Ronan, describing how he left a full-time job as a secondary school teacher for a life of spectacular stunts. "I still tell some people that I'm on a career break because it's easier for them.They assume that it's some mid-life crisis - and maybe there's something in that, who knows? - but people seem to worry for you."
Irish Mirror
“What we’ve created I’m super proud of, It’s like no other Irish circus I’ve seen before, we’ve made a show that I wish I had seen as a kid.”
Irish Central New York
“Brady was high in the air circling through a giant hoop, looking like a moving da Vinci illustration. He looked free. He looked like he was flying. It broke me a bit, the sharp contrast he invited you to draw between the past and the present.” – IrishCentral.com
How to be a man series
Girls and boys played together up to a certain age – you’d be marking a girl – and sometimes a girl would teach you a lesson on the field. You’d underestimate her. The next thing she’d wallop you and you’d know she meant business, that she could hold her own.
Joe.ie
Having changed its name to Westival in 2018, the annual Westport Music & Arts Festival returns to the picturesque Mayo town next month with another stellar line-up across a wide variety of genres.
Outside of music, other highlights include the How To Square A Circle aerial show by Ronan Brady and Aisling Ni Cheallaigh
Roscommon People
“We want to tell a story and we’ll use our physical vocabulary to tell that story. You’ll come away with so much more than seeing ‘cool tricks’,” he said, before Aisling had the final word… “You’ll get the ‘cool tricks’ and a story!”