If you use computer notation to write out any dotted hornpipe in 2/4 or 4/4 then play it back, it will sound TOO dotted and snappy. It’s why triplets often fit into hornpipes comfortably too.
A dotted hornpipe played with swing lies somewhere between 2/4 and 6/8 or 4/4 and 12/8. John Kirkpatrick used to tell us this in his workshops!
It certainly not as “dotted” as a strathspey, for example (which can be played almost “double dotted”.