Andy Irvine at Naul, 30 June

On Saturday 30 June the legendary Andy Irvine appears in concert at the Séamus Ennis Cultural Centre, Naul, Co. Dublin. Doors open 7.30 p.m. Performance 8.30 p.m. Adm. €15.00. The Centre says:

The musician, singer, and songwriter Andy Irvine has been hailed as 'a tradition in himself'. From Sweeney's Men in the mid '60s to the enormous success of Planxty in the '70s to the Irish supergroup Patrick Street in the '80s, Andy has been a world-music pioneer and icon for traditional music and musicians. Don't miss this chance to see him in an intimate setting'.

Not bluegrass, no; but like his fellow Sweeneyman Johnny Moynihan, not just an outstanding musician but an important force for old-time music in this country - only one example of which is his current work with Bruce Molsky and others in Mozaik, who will be at the Open House Festival in Belfast this September.