The first Temple Bar Trad festival of Irish music and culture gets under way in Dublin today.
A series of musical concerts, children's theatre, workshops, story-telling and other arts are taking place in the quarter over the next four days.
Many of Ireland 's top traditional musicians and singers are performing during the festival.
Organisers are also promising a traditional Irish music session trail through many of the pubs and bars in Temple Bar, with late night sessions.
Festival programmer Finbar Boyle said although Dublin was a stronghold of traditional music, there had not been a platform for artists in the capital in almost 20 years.
Mr Boyle said an audience already existed and he hoped the festival would expose them to the best of traditional culture in song and dance in both English and Irish.
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