Sorry Briyan - lst word on this bickering match
I have described at length what I am doing - where our which we can't find a home for in Britain has been deposited and will be made accessible
Our work on the Clare County Library website speaks for itself - that has ensured that future d=generations of enthusiasts will be able to listen to the best of Irish traditional singing
Limerick is considering doing the same for the Traveller collection
If they can' manage Walter's recordings, maybe there's a County Library in Norfolk that might find a home for one of its finest sons - no room at the folk song revival inn !!
We've passed on as much as we can privately (yor club wasn't interested) and anybody who has ever asked for use of our material has been given it.
We've been involved in issuing around a dozen or so albums of field recordings
Probably our greatest achievement was, when Clare Library put our collection on line, The Council appointed two singers in residence to visit schools and, using our recordings, attempt to involve the pupils in traditional singing
It's had to know what more we can have done and are continue to do
If you still don't know what we have done or are doing, I really don't know what to say
The job of passing he song traditions on to the next generations of British youngsters is YOUR job - we're far too old to commute
Please stop making this a personal slanging match - I said what I said in response to the question
You get young people interested in traditional song by taking responsibility for it and treating it with respect - I don't believe attempting to water it down by looking for superstars as role models will do the trick
Jim Carroll