Killarney trad festival in full swing

A multinational assembly of trad music aficionados will descend on Killarney, Co Kerry, for the annual Gathering Festival this weekend.

People from the US, UK, France, and other continental countries will join large numbers of Irish musicians and fans for an event that was started long before last year’s successful tourism initiative of the same name.

Some leading musicians will perform in concert and in impromptu sessions at the town’s INEC.