Clogher Music presents

Clare, My Heart, My Home

Jerry features with a host of other artists on the new Clare (Banner) anthem written by Tim Collins –Clare, My Heart, My Home.It was launched at the opening of the All- Ireland Fleadh last year. This song is available to download, on CD, or on the official site of >The Kilfenora Ceili Band.

The Dimming of the day

In 1998, Jerry released his first complete album, The Dimming of the Day, produced by his cousin P.J Curtis. To date this album has sold 35,000 units and continues to sell well every Christmas. This is due mainly to the popularity of “ A Silent Night Christmas 1915 ”, a really moving song about The Christmas Truce in WW 1. It was written by Cormac McConnell from Enniskillen.
As it was reputedly a German soldier who began singing Jerry has re-recorded this song on another album as A Silent Night Christmas 1914 with Cormacs’ permission as he wanted to sing Stille Nacht at the end. Jerry’s singing here is ably assisted by the playing of highly respected musicians such as Liam Lewis, Josephine Marsh, Paul O’Driscoll, Danny Byrt, Padraig O’Broin, Declan Corey, Claire Keville, Jim Kerrigan and Michel Bonamy with the vocal harmonies of Andrew Robinson, Don White, Michael Flanagan and Cathal Mac Criostal making it a lovely listening experience.

Song List:
1 Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine
2 Done With Bonaparte
3 Hard Times Come Again No More
4 A Silent Night Christmas
5 The Dimming of the Day
6 Mona Lisa
7 The Last Thing On My Mind
8 My Lagan Love
9 Mary of Argyle
10 A Íosa
11 Fare Thee Well
12 I Hear You Calling Me
13 Dreaming my Dreams

Til we meet again

In 2006 Jerry released his second album ‘Til We Meet Again. This was produced by Dave Keary who was MD of, and toured with , Lord of the Dance for nine years. Denis Carey who tours with Dennis Allen, Paul Brock, Manus McGuire and Brendan Bowyer, plays keyboards and accordion on this album. Jerry is delighted to be accompanied by his daughter Kathleen on a few tracks on this album. The Kilfenora Lullaby is another Cormac Mac Connell song . Sailing Home is a song he got from his uncle Jerry whom he heard singing it many times at the sessions at home in Clogher.

Requiem For A Soldier

Flanders Field / Christmas Truce Project
For the past few Christmases Jerry has been delighted to peform in a number of concerts organised by Don Mullan with the Omagh - Waterford Peace Choir - Musical Director Phil Brennan - in Christchurch Cathedral and Kimmage Manor in Dublin as well as Ct. Columb’s Cathedral in Derry. These have been run to try and raise funds for the Flanders Field / Christmas Truce project which Don Mullan is heavily involved in. The most memorable experience Jerry has had so far has been to sing in a field in Messines which was part of the Western Front. This was 25 Jan 2012 and it coincided with Lord Michael Bates visit to The Island Of Ireland Peace Park www.walkfortruce.org

Song List:
1 A Silent Night Christmas 1914
2 Requiem For A Soldier
3 John Condon
4 Christmas In The Trenches
5 The Clouds’ Veil
6 Silent Night/Oiche Chiuin