Of course travellers such as PeckerDunn,and The Keenan Family,continued to play traditional music in pubs,but were now getting paid for it,I believe the Fureys were also travellers.
Jim,you didnt say you stopped collecting,but if you witnessed a virtual demise,the impression you are giving is that there was very little left worth collecting.,and little left to collect
I said I believe[that means I am not sure].
You answered yes.most people would interpret that as meaning,you think the heyday of collecting is over,but [again correct me if Iam wrong],your experience of collecting is limited to Ireland and the uk].
so its not unreasonable of me to think your yes,only applies to the UK and Ireland,but not to the rest of the world,or does your YES,apply to everywhere in the world.