Paddy Moloney (Chieftains) says the song "Satisfaction" by the Stones is based on a traditional Irish song...

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But he didn't say which one. Do you know the answer?
Thanks!

Answer 1

I got this from Wikipedia and it doesn't sound like it's based on any Irish song...
During the Rolling Stones' third tour of the United States in 1965, Richards came up with the guitar riff for the song. The Stones were staying at the Fort Harrison Hotel in Clearwater, Florida for part of their tour, and one night Richards suddenly woke up, turned on a tape recorder, and promptly played on his guitar the riff that opened "Satisfaction" before returning to bed. He would later describe it as: "...2 minutes of 'Satisfaction' and 40 minutes of me snoring."[1]

Later, Richards brought it to the studio where the Stones were recording. Jagger took an immediate liking to the riff, but Richards was concerned that it sounded too much like Martha & The Vandellas' "Dancing in the Street". In an interview, Jagger later said that "I think Keith thought it was a bit basic. He was too close to it and just felt it was a silly kind of riff." Jagger proceeded to write up lyrics for the tune, trying to make a statement about the rampant commercialism that the British Stones had seen in America.[2] Richards said of the songwriting process for "Satisfaction": "Mick wrote all of the words that say anything and I wrote the hook. I woke up in bed with this riff and I thought 'I've gotta put that down.'"[3]

Richards later described his first opinion of the song: "It was just a riff. ... I woke up in the middle of the night, put it down on a cassette. I thought it was great then. Went to sleep and when I woke up, it appeared to be as useful as another album track. It was the same with Mick too at the time, you know. It goes da-da, da-da-da... and the words I'd written for that riff were "I can't get no satisfaction". But it could just as well have been 'Auntie Millie's Caught Her Left Tit in the Mangle'." It has been suggested that The Rolling Stones obtained the title lyric from Chuck Berry's "30 Days", but they have not confirmed this, indeed Berry's lyric is "I don't get no satisfaction from the judge".[2][4]

Answer 2

"during "The Rocky Road To Dublin", which was originally recorded with guest members of the Rolling Stones, the band inserted an instrumental movement of "Satisfaction"."

"During Friday night's concert in Kingsbury Hall, the seminal Irish folk group did a little "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" during "Rocky Road to Dublin." The excerpt was a nod to the Rolling Stones, since the Stones worked with the Chieftains on the studio version of "Rocky Road to Dublin" (on the "Long Black Veil" album)."