Christmas at the Library – The Bar Christmas Album

20 December 2024

Before you break for Christmas, our archives have turned up the ideal Christmas soundtrack!

In 2007, members of The Bar of Ireland along with the Bar Choir created a Christmas album in aid of the Bar Benevolent Society. Featuring the dulcet tones of luminaries from across the Bar, this album is now available to all to listen.

The Bar Casual Choir, under the stewardship of Sarah Reid BL, are always welcoming to new members seeking to balance work and fun. Join and you might feature in a 2025 Album!

The full album is available to listen to below. Special thanks to Michael Block BL for converting this album to a digital format and to Turlough O’Donnell SC for bringing the band together!

Join the Bar Casual Choir by contacting casualchoir@lawlibrary.ie.

Donate to the Bar Benevolent Fund on the Member’s Section here

The Bar of Ireland · Christmas in the Library – The Bar Christmas Album

Track List

An Introduction from Sarah Reid BL

All I Want for Christmas is You – Maddie Grant

I’d Like You for Christmas – Mary Rose Gearty

Jingle Bell Rock – Chris Meehan and his Redneck Friends

Infant Holy Infant Lowly – The Bar Choir

The King – Adrian Mannering

Family Christmas – Declan Doyle

Comfort Ye My People – Cormac MacNamara

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Michele Rayfus. Piano: Michael O’Donoghue

My Favourite Things – Nastaise Leddy. Guitar/Keyboard: Seamus Noonan

O Holy Night – The Bar Choir. Soloist: Jacinta Heslin

Where Does Christmas Spend the Rest of the Year – Conor Bowman

A Visit From St. Nicholas – Maurice P. Gaffney

In The Bleak Mid Winter – Mellissa English

Bonus Track