John Hannon was brought up and educated in Connemara in the West of Ireland. He works for Kylemore Abbey and holds a BA in Business from Athlone I.T. 

Radio and its history is a personal interest of John, as his grand-uncle worked for Guglielmo Marconi as an aerial rigger at the Marconi High Power Trans-Atlantic Duplex Station in Kylemore, Ireland. 

John has led tours of the Marconi station sites for the Notre Dame Students in Ireland and has given lectures to various groups concerning the history of radio communications and at one of these, he was fortunate enough to have the Minister of State, Pippa Hackett, unveil a Marconi plaque in the Connemara National Park commemorating the worlds first full duplex wireless signaling. John is currently writing a book about the History of the Marconi Wireless Stations in Ireland.