Problem with bohrans---they're so damn' easy to HIT! The root of their persistent unpopularity with twangers and tootlers is the sad fact that bodhran HITTERS outnumber bodhran PLAYERS by --easily--- ten to one. An old acquaintance , Iain Mackintosh, used to survey the audience, pick out the bodhran cases, and say menacingly--" Tak' that thing oot it's case, an' A'll hae ye wearin' it like a horse-collar!"
Och---he was a decent guy, really----I think---