 The Dublin City Ramblers began life in the mid 60s as The Jolly Tinkers, but due to the existence of ballad groups with same name, they decided to change their name to "The Quare Fellas".At this time the line up consisted of Patsy Watchorn, brothers Sean and Matt McGuinness and Pat Cummins.While the group recorded the two albums "At Home" and "A Fond Tale" on the CBS label, they considered themselves part-time musicians.