Just a thought in light of Big Micks post. The Irish music in question is politicaly based and some say we should ignore it. Should we also ignore the music of our own politicaly based heritage? ie:Blowin' In The Wind, Where Have All The Flowers Gone?, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, just to name a few examples. It is all FOLK music and that is what we are, it our histiry and our heritage, how can we ignore it and how can we ask other nations to ignore theirs?