sentences:  He became friends accordionist Tony MacMahon, flautist Matt Molloy, uilleann piper Paddy Keenan, brother and sister Mícheál Ó Domhnaill and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, and Dónal Lunny—all of whom would go on to prominent careers in Irish traditional music.Together they formed the group Seachtar, later renamed The Bothy Band, which would become one of the leading traditional bands in Ireland.The Bothy Band played a vital role in energising the Irish traditional music scene in the 1970s.