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An impromptu trad session on board a delayed Aer Lingus flight last week got a mixed response online and revealed the schism in Irish culture between celebrating traditional music and scoffing at the musicians and their \\u201cdiddley-eye\\u201d tendencies.  

People took to X, formerly Twitter, in droves to ridicule the musicians onboard, with some saying they\\u2019d rather the plane be hijacked than have to sit through the ruckus. 

Where does this aversion to traditional Irish music come from, and why is it so widespread? Tom spoke to Edel Fox, a proud trad musician and a producer and director at Tyrone Productions.