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Old 08-15-2015, 10:17 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Well it's all down to age really. The Wolfe Tones, Dubliners and Chieftains are still really popular with the older generation, as well as of course tourists. But there were also crossover bands like Planxty and Moving Hearts, to say nothing of the eternal popularity of people like Christy Moore and Mary Black. I'd say certainly in the more rural areas trad music is as popular as it ever was, and we just had a huge fleadh (pron: "flah"), a big Irish music festival, and it still draws huge crowds.

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It's good to hear that Irish folk music is still thriving. (It's my personal favourite. Much better than that drab & melancholy English stuff )

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