"ok then... I'm not Irish.. I'm not particularly interested in Irish folk music.. "
Fine PFR - I won't pontificate on your music if you don't pontificate on mine.
I'm all for peaceful coexistence
I have no problem with adapting folk songs - George Butterworth's 'Banks of Green Willow' is one of my favourite pices of English Orchestral music - but it ain't folk
The internet has done wonders for disseminating our FOLK SONG
Feel free to adapt - if you must"!
Jim Carroll