Spot on about Geordie, Yum Yum, if not about Newry! He's a great cyclist too, as well as a wizard with fiddle and stained glass.

There's another fined fiddler in Bangor, Dianna Boullier, who you can catch any Friday night, along with other musicians, at 35 High Street. The place is labelled the Ormeau Bar, but is known as Fealty's, as you would expect in Ireland, and is owned by someone else. (Dianna's written a book about Irish traditional - try a search on that peculiar spelling.)

Claymore, you're right to do the Coleraine-Larne bit via the coast, but take a dive inland for a session most Wednesdays and Saturdays at the Skerries, Newtown Crommelin (often includes a piano - don't know if that puts you off). The piano player used to be a regular at the famous Cross Keys, near Toome - now back in business I believe, after last year's fire. The Cross Keys is well worth a visit, but I'm not sure when sessions are since the re-opening. Try a search (two words) - it has a website. (Add words like Antrim or Comhaltas to narrow it down.)