Again, like others, I am in full agreement with Iains.

Times have changed, our ways of commumicating with each other and the world at large have changed.

The way we disseminate information and knowledged has changed.

For example. I am sitting in a small bar on the west coast of Ireland watching a football match being played 200 miles away, in the corner of the bar is a small television showing another football match 500 miles away. In a few seconds people in America 3000 miles away will be able to read what I have typed.

My Grandmother would be dumbfounded by this.

The way folk music is disseminated is also PROFOUNDLY affected by modern communication. The way folk music is LEARNED is also profoundly affected by this modern communication.

We no longer sit round a fire to glean this knowledge, it is at our fingertips.

For ****'s sake, even Carroll has made his research available on line.

Hellooooooooooooo this is the 21st Century!!!!!!

Oh by the way, every time I visit a folk club or session in England it is dynamic, vibrant with, I find, loads of superb new songs adding to the dynamics and vibrancy.