Conrad!
Great post, reminded me of the old drums in Dingle, I had completely forgoten after several decades! There were a couple of old military drums, over a hundered years old that the Green and Gold wren used. There are more and more wrens starting up in New York, and I hope this is a tradition that is on a great comeback. One year, about fifteen years ago, as we were weaving the strawboy costumes in New York, the Dingle wren was just winding down, so we called up and over the phone played a couple of tunes together, fifes in New York and Ireland. Also, thanks for the spelling corrections, I always appreciate corrections in my spelling in irish and english (see dyslexic mudcatter post... )
Nollage maith agut
Larry