I do hope, Mrs C, that you don't count me among the unfriendly ones! I've named a couple of the pubs where I play and pointed out the pitfalls.

One night, a few years back, I was playing in a small session in Cruises in Ennis - just a couple of fiddles and a flute, though we were expecting other musicians to arrive. A group of tourists appeared and commandeered all the seats around us, several of which we'd been saving for later arrivals. They clearly weren't interested in the music, talked loudly across us and one even complained that we were playing too noisily. At that point we got up and left, told the barman where we'd be and moved over to Ciaran's.

Sadly, that's not a rare experience.