Welcome to our “At Home with Cliona’s” interview series with Virgin Media presenter Muireann O’Connell
Over the next couple of months Muireann will be chatting with some very special guests from their homes to explore and get a unique and very personal insight into what home means to them and what they love to do when they are ‘at home’.
Our guests to date have been the fantastic Keith Duffy former Boyzone member and who now has a very successful career with Boyzlife followed by the wonderful internationally renowned singer Tommy Fleming
Our 3rd interview with sporting legend Jerry Flannery
We are delighted and privileged to have Limerick, Munster & Ireland sporting Legend Jerry Flannery chatting with Muireann from his home in the UK where he is currently the line out coach with Harlequins
Jerry Flannery played for Ireland 41 times before his retirement due to injury in 2012, having also helped Munster to Heineken Cup titles in 2006 and 2008 after a spell with Connacht. The former hooker moved into a strength and conditioning role with football club Arsenal in the 2013/14 season before returning to the Munster set-up as scrum coach in 2014. Jerry was promoted to the forwards coach role in Munster in 2017 where he remained until 2019.
He accepted the offer of lineout coach with Harlequins in June 2020, making the move with his young family in the middle of the pandemic
Jerry has been a long time supporter of Cliona’s and we are very grateful for him taking the time out to share an insight into his personal life with us.
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Our 2nd interview with the wonderful singer Tommy Fleming
A Sligo Man Tommy began his career after a chance meeting with composer Phil Coulter in Westport, County Mayo, that changed his career. Within a few short months of this meeting, he appeared at the Cork Opera House, and the National Concert Hall in Dublin. He then went on a tour of the United States, which included appearances at Carnegie Hall and the Boston Symphony Hall.
He then joined the group De Dannan, and his voice was brought to Australia, China, Hong Kong, and, once again, the United States. His greatest success has come as an internationally renowned soloist and he has produced 14 Albums
Tommy’s unique talent has brought him worldwide recognition with several sell-out tours in Ireland, the UK, the US, Australia and Japan and he is now critically acclaimed to be one of the worlds’ finest singers of his generation.
In his interview with Muireann he recalls life growing up in his own house growing also in his own home in Donegal . The Turn of phrases that he learnt from his father makes for a very entertaining interview.
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