The tempo for those jigs was my choosing, having heard Irvine and Brady play "Blarney Pilgrim" at that tempo on ~that~ recording. I wish we'd done it faster. But that was us, there and then. I like the Murphys' record and I picked up several tunes from it, but I rarely listen to it these days. Probably about as often as I listen to my own.

For the record, Dick has had issues with me, Michael Gill (whom he twice insulted in a most unforced way in this thread) and the reviewer of my CD in the past, and denizens of TheSession will be fully aware of this, despite Dick's propensity for changing his name at frequent intervals. Some of us can discuss things afresh with all baggage left behind. Alas, others cannot.