Guest Penguinegg: I don`t think taste has anything to do with fairness. I like the albums of both bands, Dubliners and Pogues. Having heard both plus Shane McGowan & the Popes live I think the Dubliner are by far the better musicians.
Pogues live compared to their studio material: the wonders of recording technology...

Maybe you heard the wrong album of the Dubliners. Since there are so many Dubliners compilations, this happens easy. Try "30 years a-greying" and you can hear how versatile the Dubliner are...

And I think the Dubliners and the Pogues/McGowan get along with each other very well...