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__NOTOC__ Jimmy Ward (Tullagha, Kilfenora, 1909 - Milltown Malbay, 1987) was a well known Irish traditional banjo player and lilter out of Milltown Malbay, County Clare, Ireland. Ward originally played the flute, piccolo and the whistle, but changed to the banjo in the 1940s.〔(Tunesearch - Jimmy Ward's Jig )〕 Ward was one of the founders of the renewed Kilfenora Céilí Band in 1927. He was still a part of the band when they won three consecutive All Ireland championships at the Fleadh Cheoil.〔(Tunesearch - Jimmy Ward's Jig )〕 He is the namesake of ''Jimmy Ward's Jig''.〔(Celtic Groove )〕 In 1974, Ward decided to leave the Kilfenora Céilí Band. He started a new band named Bannermen with PJ Murrihy and Michael Sexton〔(Kilfenora Céilí Band - History )〕 Later in life, Ward moved to Milltown Malbay, where he opened a small shop.〔(Tunesearch - Jimmy Ward's Jig )〕 In the early seventies he had a severe car crash in Inagh.〔(Tunesearch - Jimmy Ward's Jig )〕〔Contrary to the source, his son and granddaughter claim that he fully recovered from the crash.〕 Ward died in 1987.〔(Kilfenora Céilí Band - History )〕 ==Recordings== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jimmy Ward (banjo player)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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