Soodlums publish many songs "Popular in Ireland" and as a result nearly everyone assumes they must be Irish Folk Songs.

viz Wild Rover first documented from Harry Cox of Norfolk (or was it Sam Larner?) - there you go we don't stand a chance.

I do remember at a Folk Society in Toronto a singer had a swatch of typed lyrics and not one had an author. Lightfoot, McTell, Hardin, even Stan Rogers for heavans sake - were all represented in the pile! And I found this anonimity pretty prevalent in the city's folk clubs.