Oh, much thanks also to you Keberoxu. You have answered my question as to the issue date of the SONGS OF IRELAND LP. Ives sang many of the songs in a tempo that I was more used to hearing , emanating from the public houses of the village where I lived C.1950s, when people gathered for various reasons, Weddings, Christenings or even funerals.
The up-tempo versions of the later Irish folk groups of the late 50s and on, seemed rather "Americanised" to me when I first heard them but, of course, became the popular style soon after.
Thanks again to all, including "Lonesome Train Cantata"