Snuffy, I am sure you have got it right, I also think that yer man is confusing the Wolfe Tones with the Dubliners.
He`s writing rubbish regarding the Dubliners nationalism, and well, I suppose he can be giving a fools pardon for comparing them with the Pogues.
I have just been listening to Luke Kelly singing Bunclody, sheer class,you would have to be possessed of cloth ears to compare Luke with Shane MacGowan.