Hi Jim,
It was mentioned somewhere,but it may be just conjecture, that "The Sodding" was inspired by the death of his father. However, and you know more about Dominic than most of us, why did he use pseodonyms at all? It is also claimed he used two fictious names to record some songs on an L/P called "Irish Rebel Songs" with Enoch Kent, and indeed, having accessed the L/P, it does sound like him. Can you confirm if it was him?