I think it depends on where you are too. We have a two venue evening and the early session is really a floor spot session where maybe less common things are sung. The later session is really in the pub and what gets played is affected by the audience too and many of the songs mentioned are the ones that folks keep asking for.

We often have tourists in and I have found that Irish tourists seem to be inclined to ask you to sing Irish songs or at least songs sung by Irish bands. I've not noticed other folks asking us to sing songs from their homeland. Just seems to be a thing! Anyway one week there was a large table of Irish in and we thought we'd throw one in before they asked - so we did Athenry - and they all got up and walked out in what appeared to be a huff leaving drinks half empty on the table!! I don't think it was because we were that bad! Must have been the wrong side of the sectarian divide thing for that song!

I actually really like Bogle's songs but I too get a bit fed up with them at this time of the year. There are so many war songs that you'd think folk would thing of something else! We had one guy about this time of the year several years ago who must have been practicing Matilda all week. Anyway someone else about three turns before him sung it first - but it didn't stop the guy doing it again anyway! And it dragged relentlessly on and on......