What passes as folk-trad for many people here on this Thread, would not be recognised as such in Ireland, yes I know we have countless songs and music all of which goes back a long way and I suppose that means we can turn our nose up at the Kingston Trio and other Johnny -come-latelys.

I can enjoy all of those artists but some of their material would never consitute what we know as folk music, I am not being a musical snob, just stating facts. Just enjoy the music that your contempary artists bring, but wait another couple of hundred years and then you may call it folk.