please dont take offence.
Chas, but you too are a tourist, everyone is a tourist who doesnt live there,.
If I have a session as I will do, In a few days time with some friends,I may not want any other company,its there cos its there,
I can remember going to sessions in east anglia with John Howson,It was just a few old boys,john and katy ,myself and a few select people who kept in the background,so whats the difference, it happened in England as well,probably happens everywhere.
If the music is good does it matter[I recently saw a programme about chris droney and two japanese pupils of his,who were excellent concertina players].
so hypothetically you hear concertinas from outside a pub,walk in and see that they are japanese,there music is excellent,so do you walk out of the pub, because they were not born in county clare and are not old men or women.,if the music is good, does it matter.