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Dublin-born Jack is rooted in the seanchai tradition as explored by Eamon Kelly and John Campbell, having shared a stage with both. He has experience in schools, libraries and prisons. He works regularly in the National Museum of Ireland and in psychiatric hospitals. He has been a teller at local arts festivals and at Irish storytelling festivals.

Internationally, Jack has appeared at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC; Alden Biesen in Belgium; Sidmouth Folk Festival; Edinburgh Storytelling Festival; Hammersmith Irish Festival; Newcastle Irish Festival and The Illinois Storytelling and Education Programme. Jack has twice been the featured Irish storyteller at the Cape Clear International Storytelling Festival and at Gimistory, the Cayman Islands.

Jack is a founder member and chairman of Storytellers of Ireland/Aos Scéal Éireann and of the Dublin Yarnspinners. In 2007 and 2009 Jack co-curated the biennale Farmleigh Festival of Story and Song in Dublin.

When working with young people, Jack draws on stories from many corners of the world and encourages the collection of reminiscences from grandparents. He leads a storytelling workshop for children at the National Museum in Collins Barracks. For the Axis Centre in Dublin’s Ballymun, Jack facilitates the annual Tales project. At the National Library of Ireland, he has explored the folklore of WB Yeats as part of The Life and Work of William Butler Yeats, the library’s current exhibition.

Jack tours and performs regularly with the famed Irish Traditional singer and collector Len Graham