With an attitude like that, it's probably just as well you won't be going!

This thread is, I believe, entitled "Good Intent Sweeps". The sessions at The Good Intent during Sweeps are run by either John Barden or Ruff 'n' Reddy (who I play with).

John runs very open sessions, which include Irish stuff. If my memory serves me well, he actually does some Irish stuff himself. As for Ruff 'n' Reddy, we are also open to a wide range of music, and we do a number of Irish songs and tunes ourselves. There may be more, but I can think of three Irish performers who regularly attend The Good Intent for our bi-monthly singarounds, and several more who come during Sweeps.

As for blackened faces, the clue may be in the word "sweeps"!

I suspect that you're either a troll or a professional umbrage-taker!