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Why did andy move to dublin?
when his two-year contract with the BBC's 'Rep' ended.
What songs did he release?
"O'Donoghue's.
Can you give me some information?
However, he very quickly noticed that a burgeoning folk scene was emerging, centred around the Baggot Street-Merrion quarter of Dublin's city centre.
What is the burgeoning folk scene?
CANNOTANSWER.
Who did he meet?
Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly and Barney McKenna, who would later form The Dubliners.
What did he do at this time?
spent many hours at the National Library, scouring old songbooks like the Child Ballads and Sam Henry's Songs of the People.

Question: What else did he do with his time?
Self-contained rewrite: Aside from spending many hours at the National Library, scouring old songbooks what else did Irvine do with his time?