1.are the Watersons IRISH?, Not aat all - no way - never.

2.are they of traveller descent? I doubt very much if they are. Put it this way, Mike's uncle Len denied it vehemently.

3.both John Harrison, and MartinCarthy,were members of the Watersons.

So were Pete Ogley a founder member, Sue Cochrane who stood in for Lal when she was pregnant, Bernie Vickers who replaced John Harrison when the Watersons reformed when Norma came back from the West Indies, and Jill Pidd.

4,was John Harrison a cousin. Like I said - a very distant cousin and certainly not a first cousin.

5.Martin is of Irish descent,he is a member of the Watersons,
so one member is of Irish descent,but the original group werent,but possibly were of traveller descent.