Our parents were musicians.

Our parents were very strict. Not in a brutal or awful way, but there were definite rules, such as after six on a school night you didn't go out, and at weekends you had to be home by a certain time. It wasn't particularly sheltered, but we were well brought-up.

We've worked very hard as a band and would like to think we've got this far on the strength of our music.

We play our Irish songs a bit more loosely.

Both of my parents were musicians.

Yes, my mother was a singer, and my father played piano and keyboards. They were in a band together, though they also had regular jobs because they had kids and stuff like that.