Mellow Candle in Dublin (who arose out of a meeting in 1963) were pretty much contemporaries of early Fairport et al and very early exponents of "folk rock".

Fay, if you enter Mellow Candle into Google who will get a lot of pages on them. This might provide a slightly different angle to the usual suspects and the story of the band is interesting. I'm still in touch with Alison Williams (indeed laid down a few tape tracks with her last year - completely separate from the Eistlinn CD she also released) and could put you in touch if you're interested and PM me.

Good luck and best regards,

moo