I used to play with a Glasgow-based band, Spider in the Mandolin, and the set-up was a guitarist, bodhran, fiddle and cello.

It pretty much happened by chance. The fiddler and cellist were brother an sister but he (cellist) played classical. We didn't know there was any traditional precedent when we started and we didn't care. It made an interesting sound.

We were delighted to find there was a history in the tradition.