SOME HAIRY encounters were experienced in Corcoran's Bar in the Irishtown last Saturday night as eight men put their legs on the line to raise money for the New Ross and District Pipe Band.

The article 'Musical destinations: New Ross, Ireland' was published in partnership with BBC Music magazine.

New Ross, which was founded in 2012 by Willie Keilthy, Sean Reidy and the late Noel Whelan. On his final day in Ireland, John Fitzgerald Kennedy pledged to “come back in the springtime.” ...