For more than 25 years I played almost 6 nights per week in a folk group. Mostly Irish,English,Scottish with a few American, Canadian and Australian songs thrown in as well a good mixture of sea chanteys. I play tenor banjo, Mandolin, Bodhran (custom made by Eamonn Maguire),I also tinker around around on Appalachian Dulcimer and English Concertina, I still sing occasionally. Favourite artsits include 'The Dubliners", Pete Seeger, Guthrie, Leadbelly, Cisco Houston, John Prine, The Young Tradition, Cyril Tawney etc.etc.