Hi, Ray - I moved your third thread over here to the second one. One thread should have been enough. When you split a discussion into many different parts, it gets too confusing. The first thread is here (click) - I would have combined it with the other, but it was already too long to combine easily. Please keep all this discussion confined to these two threads.

When I was in the West of Ireland last year, I got the impression that what was "popular" was an imitation of American country music, sung with a brogue. The leader of one band said, "I see we have some Americans in the audience. I guess we should sing some Irish songs."
Thanks.
-Joe Offer-