Perhaps my selections of Corries' performances that I linked to above may have created the impression that their renditions all have the same style, but that's not a really fair sampling of what they do. For example (and here, I do the bodhrans are justified), try THIS. Makes me want to draw my claymore and run screaming into battle! Or this bit of goofery:   CLICKY.   They do have their own characteristic sound (the same can be said for any singer or group), but there's plenty of variety there, too.

As far as R. of A. is concerned, I tried to run down Nic Jones's performance of it on the internet, but all I've come up with so far is a brief snippet that doesn't give a real idea of what he does with it. I am familiar with Mary Black's, and although I like some of the stuff she does, that's one that just slide by me. So far, I tend to favor something similar to The Dubliners' rendition. But I'll keep listening and experimenting.

Don Firth