Carlow

A pub on the Barrow in Graiguenamanagh, where Carlow and Kilkenny meet. Thursday sessions in a pub that overlooks the river. Occasional bodhran-heavy weekend sets.

A long-running Monday night session (since the mid-1970s) where old-time waltzes sit alongside jigs, reels and polkas.

A town-centre session in Carlow. Tuesday nights are reliable — a smaller crowd than the weekend, but the musicians are more serious about it.