Like Sir Blancherson, I could not tell ya the first thing about shanties, other than my kids love a song called Sea Shanty...

They are good fun songs though and I can see how they would work in a large group of people working away and singing as they go.

One thing I noticed is that most shanties are Irish or have that Irish accent and that's just lovely. It really brings out the soul of the song

Good man. Out of curiosity would you have known anything about Ireland before coming on Hive and meeting Irish heads?