Hmmmm...this is disturbing. It appears there are two websites with virtually identical text giving the so-called "history" of Danny Boy.

First, the Michael Robinson page listed above:

www.standingstones.com/dannyboy.html

And the following copyrighted website:

www.melodylane.net

It appears to me that Michael Robinson may have just copied the text to his own website, without crediting the source at Melody Lane, a website for vintage music.

Sad.