"Tom snr. was a wonderful musician, pipes, concertina, whistle, fiddle."

Hear, hear! He was also a wonderful communicator & general, all round good person. He made himself known to me once in the late 80's in a regular session he used to play in at Holloway Rd, London (I forget the name of the pub) and this friendliness and accessibility to the music he was playing made a deep impression me (I once told this to his daughter, Bernadette, and I'm glad I did!)