Thanks Dave. Wish I'd never started now... but you get the idea. Is it the nationality of the performer or the song - and these are archives set up to propagate and promote THEIR culture. So that is great, no problem, But it is Not their culture. if they are saying that the material comes from their country - when it is known that it is not indigenous. No problem if they just said where the work came from and that its frequently USED in Ireland. I am not being Xenophobic, but it is their claim that they exist to promote their own culture of which they are rightly proud. Equally, then my opinion was that I should be justified in pointing out that the song belongs to my cultural heritage before it gets assimilated as being Irish when the historical origins are known.
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