If you are Irish, then you know what was done in Chicago, and other US cities, to help save the music and language of our people. That is not to say that us Yanks were solely responsible, just as we weren't solely responsible (despite what some of my countrymen believe) for the victories in Europe during two World Wars. But in all three instances, the outcome would have been very different without our contributions. I find the attempts to denigrate the contributions of the US to the world we live in to be every bit as insulting as I find the attempts by xenophobic Yanks to take credit for every good thing that has happened in the world.

Mick