James Bond Club Ireland founder dies

Image from the James Bond Club Ireland on Facebook

The founder of James Bond Club Ireland has died, the club announced on Facebook.

“It grieves us to report that the founder of James Bond Club Ireland and our dear friend Seán Ó’Leannain (John Lennon) passed away early this morning (30th May),” according to the announcement.

Lennon, who was born in 1977, founded the club in 2020. The club began having events in 2021. According to the announcement, the most recent gathering was a 45th-anniversary screening of Moonraker in Dublin on April 27.

There were social media tributes to Lennon from Warren Ringham of Q the Music, David Zaritsky of the Bond Experience YouTube channel, and Ajay Chowdhury, co-author of Some Kind of Hero.