many thanks to you who have taken on the challenge.. and you're quite right Sabra, no one said anything about folk or traditional music/songs.. the idea is to find the most commonly recognised Irish song, world wide.. if that turns out to be Brown Eyes by Van Morrison (personally I would prefer a track by the Saw Doctors), then so be it..

I think I have mentioned what I already suspect the result will be judging by the number of requests I have had for the music.. but we shall see

I've also been amused by some of the threads posted here.. though I guess this thread is going to get rather large, so I'm wondering whether to start 2 more.. one purely for poll results and the other for witty and social observations.. providing Dick et al doesn't think I would be wasting valuable server space in doing so...

Perhaps a better idea would be that you send "serious" results to me via email .. mick @prof.co.uk and continue to provide joy and merriment with that wonderful brand of mudcat humour, here..

As I mentioned before.. the mudcat will be the first place the final results are published..

Thanks again to all who have been out and about asking unsuspecting folk..

Mick