World Fiddle Day is to be celebrated by a host of string and bow experts in one of the country’s renowned traditional music strongholds at the weekend.

It was ten years ago this year, the unforgettable drama of Big Fella Thanks and his hugely popular Derby win for the O’Driscoll clan of Skibbereen; in the big stand that day, on one of my regular tours around Powerstown, I bumped into Kevin O’Shea.