I disagree Joe. Songs are the property of the whole world of course but at the same time there is surely nothing wrong with knowing the origin of a song? And in some cases knowing where a song comes from helps with understanding the song itself. This thread though is about a very common thing where songs are described as being Irish simply because an Irish singer or band have performed it. The net is awash with examples. I've seen youtube threads where people are arguing over whether "Dirty Old Town" is about Dublin or Belfast. Well the song could be about any town but it was actually written about Salford! Why wouldn't people want to know a song's history? Likewise I once saw a thread where again people were arguing over whether Bogle's "No Man's Land" was an Irish Republican song or an Irish Unionist song. Whether it was a song lambasting Britain for the Irish War Dead or whether it was celebrating the Irish sacrifice! What a corruption of the song when it is merely a general anti war song written by a ex-pat Scot in Australia which has nothing specifically to do with Ireland other than the name chosen (presumably because it rhymed with grave side) may or may not have belonged to an Irish member of the British Army. Again people can appropriate songs and read into them what they want but there is nothing wrong with knowing the songs history etc.