Mike Scott on playing Musgrave Park and why Cork is 'Ireland’s seat of poetry and music'

Ahead of this weekend’s Waterboys head-to-head with Crowded House on the Tramore Road, Mike Scott shares his love of all things Cork with Pat Carty

Mike Scott of The Waterboys pictured in Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins.

“I’ve spent many pleasant hours musing on the philosophies and qualities of the provinces of Ireland. Cork is the capital of Munster and the quality attributed historically to that province is poetry and music. It’s Ireland’s seat of poetry and music.” 

When Mike Scott, founder and mainstay of The Waterboys, is in such full and majestic flow, it’s best to stay out of the way.