However, I think a case can be made for restricting the amount of Irish song and tunes at a session. It tends to take over (particularly with at least one tenor banjo player I can think of), and at the Sweeps' festival that would be at odds with the core of the event. Balance is what is needed in a session -some songs, some tunes, some from here and some from there (rather like people) so long as none advance offensive proposals or espouse offensive causes (again like people). We are lucky usually to have some wonderful Irish singers at the GI sessions, and there have frequently been specific "Irish sessions" and "Mixed tunes" sessions, often elsewhere but sometimes round the GI fire.