Rory Gallagher, Van Morrison and the Clancys were among the Irish musicians influenced by Lead Belly, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

A new film documents the hugely successful revival of the uileann pipes, writes Eoin Edwards

LIAM CLANCY first decided on Ring, Co Waterford, in 1963. It was over the Comeragh Mountains from Carrick-on-Suir, where he had grown up.

LEINSTER SHC FIRST ROUND

NEXT Friday’s Mooney Show on RTÉ Radio 1 will celebrate the work of the legendary wildlife broadcaster David Attenborough. The great man himself will be in studio.

Ireland’s greatest folksong and folklore collector Tom Munnelly died today after a long illness.

I LIVE beside the sea, where the arrival of the seasons is announced on the avian public address system.