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John Feehan
John Anthony Feehan, M.I.L.I., (born 12 May 1946) is an Irish geologist, botanist, author and broadcaster. He was born in Birr, County Offaly, Ireland. Feehan received his early education with the Presentation Brothers in Birr and the Salesian Fathers at Heywood. Following a number of years as a member of the Salesian Congregation including working as a teacher in England and Ireland, he studied Natural Sciences at Trinity College Dublin. After a year of voluntary teaching service in South Africa, he returned to Trinity College to study geology under Charles Hepworth Holland, receiving his PhD on the geology of the Slieve Bloom and Devilsbit Mountains in 1980. He was a Senior Lecturer in the School of Agriculture and Food Science at University College Dublin, where he taught for twenty years up to his retirement in 2012. Feehan married Róisín Gilmore in 1975 and they have two children: Jane and Christiaan.
== Commitment to public understanding of natural and cultural heritage ==
John Feehan is a renowned, award-winning environmental communicator whose work is driven by a deep commitment to the maintenance of rural biodiversity and cultural heritage, and the sustaining of rural community.〔(John Feehan teaching during 'A Learning Landscape Symposium', October 2012, the Burren, Ireland ). Retrieved 21 April 2013〕〔(John Feehan's publications with Offaly County Council ). Retrieved 21 April 2013〕〔(The Contribution of Offaly Writers to Irish Literature ). Retrieved 4 April 2013〕 He has written extensively on the natural and cultural heritage of the Irish landscape and on many broader aspects of environmental science.〔(Mercier Press: John Feehan ) Retrieved 4 April 2013〕〔(Fr. Séan McDonagh: "The Wonder of God’s Creation" ). Retrieved 4 April 2013〕 In 1986 and 1990 he wrote and presented the television series ''Exploring the Landscape'' and ''Tar Amach Faoin Aer / Exploring the Celtic Lands'',〔(Trinity College Dublin: Irish film archive ). Retrieved 4 April 2013〕 produced by Éamon de Buitléar and directed by Paddy Breathnach, for which he received a Jacob's Television Award in 1988. He has been recognised by the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management from whom he has received their Environmental Merit Award for involvement in environmental issues and his role in bringing to the attention of the public the importance of environmental heritage. He has also received a special award from Bord na Móna for his work in communicating environmental values.
Feehan teaches on a range of summer schools, field courses and postgraduate programmes, including the Offaly Naturalists' Field Club〔(Offaly Naturalists' Field Club ). Retrieved 29 April 2013〕 and the Masters in Ecology and Religion with Dalgan Park.〔(MA and PostGraduate Diploma in Ecology and Religion, Dalgan Park ). Retrieved 29 April 2013〕〔(Dalgan Park Burren Study Week ). Retrieved 29 April 2013〕
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