Ronan

[roh-nahn]

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noun

Irish Legend.

a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.

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Instead of a tour announcement, fans received a music video for the song, highlighted by the appearance of Irish actor Saoirse Ronan.

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“They waited until Saoirse Ronan was born to make the video,” another fan joked.

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It didn’t take more than a few days for Peter Cook, a marine mammal sciences professor at the New College of Florida, to train Ronan to bop her head to music.

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Then, in 2013, Ronan the sea lion similarly acquired world-fame for moving her head rhythmically to the beat of music.

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Nevertheless, in a study published in May, Ronan the sea lion was shown to perform better than adult humans when tasked with moving in sync to a beat.

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Reagan, Ronald Roncesvalles

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