Conversation so far:
Why did musician Andy Irvine move to dublin?
In 1962, when his two-year contract with the BBC's 'Rep' ended, Irvine moved to Dublin and continued earning a living as an actor for a while,
What songs did musician Andy Irvine release?
Irvine wrote his first song, West Coast of Clare, in the late summer of 1968
Can you give me some information on musician Andy Irvine's West Coast of Clare“?
It was actually written with a Danish girl called Birte in mind, but... it very quickly became a memory of great times in Clare.

Question: What is the burgeoning folk scene?
Self-contained rewrite: What is the burgeoning folk scene for musician Andy Irvine?