I am surprised, given the amount of money involved, that m'learned friends are not involved.

By and large I approve in principle of purity of traditions - that's what makes them traditions, otherwise they simply get assimilated - but traditions must also address the present or become no more than musuems (this is one of the aspects of genius of the 1954 definition).

This story, however, looks on the face of it less about the tradition and more about power politics. Follow the money!

Also, of course, be grateful that there are enough people in Ireland with an interest in the tradition for there to be two views about how best to deal with it! I often think that we could do with more pressure to retain and apply the English heritage.