Still guesting because I don't know if I really belong here, but I like the company, and people here were extremely helpful with two queries I posted about songs.

My main interest is uilleann pipes, to which I graduated from tin whistle. I took up the whistle about 1965 in the midst of the Irish version of the folk revival (Clancy brothers, Dubliners etc.) because it was easier to learn just the tune and play it through a few times rather than having to remember all those hard verses.

Anyone care to guess the inspiration for the above nickname, which I will use if I do sign up? Clues: Sorcha Dorcha and that well-known mode of transport, the SeaCat.