What an interesting thread. You wait ages for a bus, and two come at once, and the same applies to northern English fiddlers sapparently: you can also read a thread entitled "William Irwin, Lake District fiddler" which is on the go right now. Sorry, I dont know how to do a clickie to another thread, maybe someone could oblige? And also put a clickie on the Irwin thread back to this one? That way, people chasing English fiddler will be led to all the right places.