I'm surprised no one has hit upon "Belfast Mill" yet, or I probably missed it in the reading. Actually it is "Aragon Mill" by Si Kahn and it is quite new in the scheme of things. I did Aragon Mill once and was told that I did it wrong, wrong, wrong and I should learn things better.

Because an Irish band like "The Dubliners" or "Christy Moore" sings a song from another country and it becomes popular enough for others to do it (Like Sonny's Dream by a Canadian named Ron Hynes) then it becomes Irish by osmosis. (Altho' I do ponder why Sonny's Dream is done the way it is and not the way Ron wrote it. Do we blame that on Hamish Imlach who appears to have brought Sonny to Europe?) Like when I read about Brian MacNeil playing the Bouzouki, a tradional Irish folk instrument. They apparently never saw the movie, "Zorba the Mick".

I've always looked at music done by Irish bands as music done by Irish bands. Not necessarily Irish because of the artists.

And most of these songs mentioned are found the four books of "Songs Popular in Ireland" Ossian Press I think. They are usually reasonably well annotated in the back as to their history and point. of origin.

Don