Career
Ward originally played the flute, piccolo and the whistle, but changed to the banjo in the 1940s. Ward was one of the founders of the renewed Kilfenora Céilí Band in 1927. He is the namesake of Jimmy Ward"s Jig.
In 1974, Ward decided to leave the Kilfenora Céilí Band.
He started a new band named Bannermen with PJ Murrihy and Michael Sexton
Later in life, Ward moved to Milltown Malbay, where he opened a small shop. In the early seventies he had a severe car crash in Inagh.
Ward died in 1987.