The weekly trad session at Clancy’s of Athy is 60 years old this month. ‘It’s a piece of heaven,’ one musician says.
The music room in full flow at Clancy’s in Athy. Photo: Pól Ó Conghaile
On a Thursday night in late March, the nation held its breath.
Ireland had gone to penalties against Czechia in a World Cup play-off. On the line was a summer of soccer shenanigans. But you wouldn’t have known it in the middle room of Clancy’s pub.