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PLANXTY. A term used by Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738), the last of the great
itinerant Irish harper-composers, “Planxty” is a word that Carolan prefixed to the
surname of a lively melody for one of his patrons. Although its exact meaning
is of some debate it appears to some to be a form of salute. The most respected
Carolan authority, Donal O’Sullivan, suggested that ‘Planxty’ was based on the
Latin plangere (in its supine form, planxtum) on the model of the existing
Irish word planncaim, which means to
strike (as ‘strike the harp’). There have been several other thoughts about the
origins of Planxty. The academic and concertina player Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (1998)
writes that the word was derived from the Gaelic plearácha, or praise pieces (see below). Seán Ó Riada proposed that
since many of Carolan’s songs begin with the Irish word sláinte (health), perhaps Planxty was derived from it—a corruption
of sorts. Guitarist Paul de Grae believes it is simply a nonsense word employed
by Carolan in a snippet of English verse in the otherwise Irish song called
“Planxty George Brabazon.” However, In a review of several arguments, Donal
O’Sullivan concludes that each explanation for the derivation of the word
planxty has too many exceptions, and therefor there was no useful definition
that could be promulgated.
***
Regardless of its origin, O’Sullivan
points out that Carolan seldom actually used the word, and that it was later
publishers who applied the term to his tunes—for example, his “John Drury”
became known as “Planxty Drury.” "It seems probable that the early editors
used the term 'Planxty' in the title only when they did not know the name, or
at any rate the full name, of the subject of the tune, says O’Sullivan. The
title planxty appears twice in Neals'
Collection of the Most Celebrated Irish Tunes (
***
A contemporaneous Irish term used
for a planxty-type air was "Pléaráca" (spelled "Plea
Rarkeh" in one title of the Neal collections), meaning ‘merriment’. In
modern times, says de Grae, Brendan Breathnach used the term
"Pléaráca" as the Irish equivalent of
“Humours,” as in "The Humours of Drinagh" = " Pléaráca
Dhraighní".
PLANXTY (Untitled) [1]. Irish, Planxty (3/4 time). E Minor. Standard. ABB. Composed by blind
Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). "This tune consists of eight
phrases, ending where I have placed the letters A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H. I believe this
was Carolan's intention: and Forde was obviously of the same opinion. According
to this view, each verse of a song composed to it should consist of four pairs
of lines, of which the measure of each pair will be like this (but of course
the rhymes might be alternate):‑‑
***
'A Planxty by Carolan sometimes much oddity shows,
So quaintly and strangely it flows'" (Joyce).
***
Source for notated version:
"Patrick MacDowell, the distinguished sculptor, born in
PLANXTY (Untitled) [2]. Irish, Planxty (3/4 time). A Minor. Standard. AB. Composed by Turlough
O'Carolan. Source for notated version: "Patrick MacDowell, the
distinguished sculptor, born in
PLANXTY BAPTIST
PLANXTY BROWNE (Pleraca Brunac). AKA and see "Maggie Brown's Favorite,"
"Peggy Brown," "Miss Margaret Browne's Fancy."
Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "lively");
X:1
T:Planxty Browne
T:Maggie Brown’s Favorite
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Lively”
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
g|dBG GAB|E2E E2c|AFD DEF|G2G
G2g|dBG Bcd|E2E E2c|AFD DEF|G3 G2||g/a/|
bgb afd|efg gfe|dBg dBG|AFD D2
g/a/|bgb afd|efg gfe|faf ge^c|d2 d de=f|ece dBd|
cac BgB|Ace dBG|FAF DEF|GAB EFG|ABc
def|gdB cAF|G3 G2||
PLANXTY BURKE ("Pleraca Buaircac" or "Plangstae
Bhuaircidh"). Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "animated"). G Dorian.
Standard. ABC (O'Neill): AABBCC (Complete
Collection): AA'BB'CC (O'Sullivan/Bunting). The melody, for which there are
no words, was composed by the blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan, probably
in honor of Thomas Burke of Castlebar, County Mayo, whom O'Sullivan (1983)
finds once represented the Borough of Castlebar in King James's Irish
Parliament of 1689. O'Carolan also wrote another tune for the personage. The
Burke family of Glinsk was of Norman extraction who had 'modern' aspirations,
according to Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (1998). "Planxty Burke" was
popular enough to have been included in several collections through the 18th
century, including Neale's Celebrated
Irish Tunes (c. 1726, pg. 21, Neale's Collection
of Carolan Tunes (post 1743, pg. 10), Lee's Favourite Collection (c. 1780, pg. 27), Thompson's Hibernian Muse (c. 1786, pg. 63), and
Mulholland's Ancient Irish Airs
(1810, pg. 79, where it appears under the title "Planxty McDermot").
O'Neill's version is copied from Buntings, maintains O'Sullivan.
***
The air was played by harper Rose Mooney at the first Granard Harp Competition in 1781, a performance which earned her the third prize of five guineas. Rose was an unfortunate soul, blind, led by a girl named whom harper Arthur O’Neill (1734-1818) excoriated in his memoirs. Remembering the third Granard harp competition (in which she came in third) O’Neill said:
***
But I forgot to mention
that before the Ball opened Rose Mooney
pledged (pawned) her
harp, her petticoat and her cloak. When I
make this remark of
poor Rose, the faults or ludicrous remarks I
make use of respecting
her own conduct should be entirely attributed
to her maid Mary,
whose uncommon desire for drinking was unlimited,
and taking advantage
of her mistress’s blindness she always when
money was wanting
pawned any article on which she could raise half
a pint. Therefore,
poor Rose, I acquit you of any meanness on your
own account, as your
guides and mine have led us into hobbles which
we poor blind harpers
have to get out of and afterwards laugh at.
But
we in general think
that it’s better for people in every situation in life
to have about them the rogue then know than the rogue they don’t know.
***
Mooney
died during the Rising of 1798, not due to hostilities but due to the fact that
she and Mary happened to be in the village where the French troops landed in
support of the Irish rebels. Caught up
in the grand exuberance amongst the native population, she celebrated a bit too
much and died a few days later. Source
for notated version: appearing in his 1840 collection, it was noted by the
Irish collector Edward Bunting from Charles Byrne the harper in 1802. O'Neill (Krassen),
1976; pg. 236. Complete Collection of
Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 14, pg. 32. O'Neill (1850), 1903/1979; No.
665, pg. 120. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 41, pgs. 62-63.
X:1
T:Planxty Burke
C:Turlough Carolan
B:Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper
B:by Donal O'Sullivan
N:marked "Allegretto"
Z:Transcribed by Paul de Grae
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Gdor
GAB/c/ d2 c|Bcd cAF|FAF fAF|FAF cAF|
G/A/BG dBG|GBG gBG|f2 f fga|1f3
d3:|2 f3 d2 f/g/||
agf gfe|fed cde|fed gfe|fed cAF|
G/A/BG dBG|GBG dBG|f2 f fga|1f3 d2
f/g/:|2 f3 d3||
d/e/ff fg/f/e|fg/f/e/d/ cAF|g2 g
ga/g/f|gde f2 g|
agf edc|d/e/fd cAF|{d}f2 c d/e/fd|B3
G3:|
PLANXTY
CHARLES COOTE ("Pleraca Catal
Cuitac" or "Plancstae Sealuis Cuta"). AKA and see "Sir Charles Coote". Irish, Air or
Planxty (4/4 time). C Major. Standard. AAB. The air was composed by the blind
Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738), who also probably wrote words to
it, thinks O'Sullivan (1983), though they have not been found. O'Sullivan
relates the scion of the Irish Coote family in Ireland was Sir Charles Coote,
1st Baronet of Ireland, a captain of soldiers and a marauder who served in the
wars against O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, during the early and mid-17th century. Subsequently,
the Cootes of the family seat of Coote Hall on the river Shannon, near Boyle, County Roscommon, had the
reputation of being brutal landlords. The subject of O'Carlolan's air was, however, either the 4th (c.
1635-1709) or 5th (c. 1680-1715) Baronet, both of whom were also named Charles.
The 5th Baronet, later the 4th Earl, like his father was
styled Viscount Castlecoote until he inherited the Earldom in 1709. Two years
later he was appointed to the Privy Council for Ireland, and in 1714 became a
Privy Councillor to King George I. In the English Parliament he was MP for
Knaresborough.
By end of
his lifetime—he died, unmarried, at Bordeaux in 1715 and was buried at St.
James’s—the fortunes of the family were in decline.
***
Charles Coote (1680-1715), 5th
Baronet, 4th Earl.
***
A Catholic
(who became a nominal Protestant), one Maurice O'Connor (who married Lady Mary
Plunkett), having made his fortune in English real estate, bought the Coote estate
after 1720 for the then princely sum of £7,500. O'Carolan composed three tunes
in honor of Maurice O'Connor and one for his wife. Source for notated version:
the manuscripts of the Irish collector Edward Bunting, who noted the tune from
Rose Mooney in 1800. Mooney was the only woman harper to attend the Belfast
Harpers Assembly in 1792 [O’Sullivan/Bunting].
Complete Collection of Carolan's
Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 18, pg. 34. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 238.
O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850
Selections), 1903/1979; No. 671, pg. 122. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 33,
pgs. 52-53.
X:1
T:Planxty Charles Coote
M:C
L:1/8
K:G
DC|B,2 D2 A,2 D2|CB,A,G, B,2 D2|EF
G2 A2 AG|GFEF D2 BA|
G2d2 dedc|BABc d2 cB|cBAG GFEF|G4
G2||
|:zA|B2 d2 dedc|Bc (3dcB g2 G2|Bc
(3dcB g2 e2|edcB A2 AB|
cBcA ABBd|cBAG GFEF|G2 GB AF
(3DEF|G4 G2:|
PLANXTY CONNACHT. Irish, Air (6/4 time). G Major. Standard. ABCDE. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No.
66, pg. 41.
X:1
T:Planxty Connacht
M:6/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915), No. 66
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G2 | G3A G2 F4D2 | E4F2G4A2 |
B4G2c4A2| B4G2c4A2 | B 2c2d2 E4E2 | A2B2c2 D4D2 |
E2F2G2A2F2D2 | (G6 G6) || d3ed2 e4f2
| (g6 g6) | B3cB2 c4d2 | (e6e6) | d2c2B2c2d2e2 |
d2^c2d2 D4D2 | E2F2G2A2F2D2 | (G6
G6) || B2A2B2 D2G2B2 | A2G2A2 D2F2A2 |
G2F2G2 E2A2G2 | F6 D6 | d2B2d2
d2B2d2 | e2c2e2 e2f2g2 | d2c2B2 c2A2F2 | (G6G6) ||
g3ag2 f4d2 | e4f2g4a2 | g2g2e2
a2a2f2 | b2b2g2 c’2c’2a2 | b2c’2d’2 e4e2 | a2b2c’2 d4d2 |
e2f2g2a2f2d2 | (g6g6) ||
{D/4E/4F/4G/4A/4B/4c/4d/4}d2B2d2 d4d2 | g2b2a2 g4g2 |
B2G2B2 c4d2 | (e6e6) | d2 B/c/d/B/
e2 c/d/e/c/ | d2 B/c/d/B/ D4D2 | E2G2E2 c2A2F2 | (G6G6) ||
PLANXTY CONNOR. See “The
Bel(l)fast Allmanack (Almanac),” “John
O’Connor,” “Planks of Connaught” “Planxty
Mrs. O’Conor.”
PLANXTY CORCORAN (Pleraca Ua Corcrain). AKA and see "Edward Corcoran."
PLANXTY CRILLY. Irish, Planxty (6/8 time). D Major. Standard. AABB. Composed by
Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). Complete
Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1985; No. 21, pg. 36.
PLANXTY DAVIS ("Pleraca Daibis" or "Plearaca
Daiti"). AKA
and see "Killiekrankie" [2]
"Battle of Killiecrankie."
Irish, Hornpipe or Long Dance (2/4 time). D Major. Standard. AB
(O'Neill/Krassen): AABB (O'Neill/1001). One of the supposed seven or eight
hundred compositions of the ancient harper Thomas O’Connellan (d. 1698), almost
all of which are lost. It is known in Scotland as “The Battle of
Killiecrankie.” See also note for “The
Breach of Aughrim” for more on O’Connellan. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg.
165. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1561, pg.
289. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 973, pg. 167.
X:1
T:Planxty Davis
C:Thomas O'Connelan
B:O'Neill's "Dance Music of
Ireland", no. 973
Z:Paul de Grae
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:145
K:D
FG|A2 AB A2 FG|AFAB A3 B|AGFE
DEFG|A2 AB A2 dc|
B2 Bd B2 Ac|BABc B2 dB|AGFE DEFA|B2
Bd B2 b2|
bafb afeg|fedf e2 de|fedB BAdF|A2 AB
A2 dc|
B2 AB d2 Bd|e2 de f2 ed|BABc d2
F2|E4 D2:|:fg|
a2 ab a2 fg|agab a2 fg|agfe defg|a2
ab a2 fa|b3 b b2 fa|
bafa b2 bg|agfe defa|b2 ba b2
fa|bafb afeg|fedf e2 de|
fedB BAdF|A2 AB A2 dc|B2 AB d2 cd|e2
de f2 ed|
BABc d2 F2|E4 D2:|
PLANXTY DENIS O'CONOR (Pleraca Dondad Ua Concobair). AKA and see "Denis O'Conor [2]," "Wear with Me Thy Rosy Wreath."
X:1
T:Planxty
Dillon
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Levey – Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd
Collection (1873)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(d/c/) | BGg g2 (f/g/) | (a/g/f/e/)d (e/d/c/B/)A | (B/c/d)d (e/d/c/B/c/d/) | eAA A2 (d/c/) |
.B.Gg (g2f/g/) | (a/g/f/e/)d (e/d/c/B/)A | (B/c/dd) (b2a) | gG,G,G, || (b/c’/) |
.d’.b.g .d’.b.g | (a/g/f/e/).d (a/g/f/e/).d | (e/f/g/e/).b (c’b/a/g/).a | (b/a/g/f/g/e/) .d.B.d |
(e/d/e/f/).g (e/d/e/f/).g | d’(c’/b/c’/d’/) e2f | {a}gdB {a}gdB | {d}cBA {d}cBA |
(B/c/).d.d
b2a | gG,G, G,2 ||
PLANXTY DOBBINS (Pleraca Dobain). AKA and see “Planxty
Reilly.” Irish, Air or Planxty (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. ABC.
Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). The tune appears
as “Planxty Reilly” in Bunting’s first and second collections (1796 and 1809,
respectively). Source for notated version: John McFadden, who had his version
from David Quinn, a famous piper from Mayo [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976;
pg. 235. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 661,
pg. 119.
X:1
T:Planxty Dobbins
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Moderate”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 661
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(3def|g2
agfe|a2d2d2|g2B2B2|e2A2A2|d2G2G2|g2 fgaf|(g6|g4)||ga|b2 gabg|
c’2 gabg|b2g2e2|e4 fg|a2 fgaf|b2
gabg|a2f2d2|d4 (3def|g2 agfe|a2d2d2|
g2B2B2|e2A2A2|d2G2G2|g2
fgaf|g6|g2z2||z2|GG G2G2|GG G2G2|cA A2A2|
cA A2A2|Bc d2d2|d2e2c2|Bc
d2d2|d2e2d2|b2 gabg|c’2 gabg|b2 gabg|
a2f2d2|e4 ag|f2d2f2|g6|g4
(3efe|d2B2A2|e4 A2|A2B2A2|d4 G2|G2A2G2|
e4 ag|f2d2f2|g4||
PLANXTY DREW (Pleraca Dreu).
Irish, Air or
Planxty (6/8 time, "spirited"). G Dorian. Standard tuning. AB.
Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). Source for
notated version: “From P. Carew’s MSS” [Stanford/Petrie]. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1985; No. 41, pg 46.
O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 242. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 690, pg. 126. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 874, pg. 218. Green Linnet SIF 1047, Johnny Cunningham - "Fair
Warning" (1985).
X:1
T:Planxty Drew
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Spirited”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 690
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Minor
G/A/|BAG Bcd|cdB AGF|GDG G2A|BGG G2
G/A/|BAG Bcd|cdB AGF|
Ggg a/g/fd|cA^F G2||B/A/|GEG Bcd|Ggg
gaf|gfd c/B/AG|Fff f2 f/g/|
af/g/a/f/ g=e/f/g/e/|fd/=e/f/d/
cA/=B/c/A/|Ggg a/g/fd|cA^F G2||
PLANXTY DRURY [1] (Pleraca Druri). See “John
Drury [1].”
PLANXTY EDMOND DODWELL (Pleraca Eadmonn Dodball).
Irish, Air or Planxty (4/4 time, "spirited"). D Minor/Dorian.
Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). O'Neill
(Krassen), 1976; pg. 245. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 698, pg. 129.
X:1
T:Planxty Edmond Dodwell
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Spirited”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 698
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D Minor
AAAD EGAB|cdAG FED^C|Dd^cd
e{a}fed|c2=B2A2 ^cd|
efed cA^GA|B^cdA GEDE|D2 D/E/F C2
Ec|AG{F}E>D D2z2||
EDCA, CDEG|AAAG EGED|Ce=Bc
Ad^cd|c=B^cd e2 cd|
efed cBcA|EEED C=B,CA,|DDDE
FGAB|AGFE D2z2||
PLANXTY ERWIN. See "Planxty Irwin," "Colonel John Irwin".
PLANXTY FANNY POWERS (Pleraca Fanni Ni Paor). AKA and see "Fanny Power,” “Mrs.
Trench." AKA – “Planxty Fanny Poer.” Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time,
"lively," or 3/4 waltz tempo). A Major (O'Neill): G Major (Johnson,
Matthiesen): F Major (Complete Collection,
O’Sullivan). Standard tuning. AB (Complete
Collection, O’Sullivan): AAB (O'Neill): AABB (Johnson, Matthiesen).
Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1732) for Fanny
(Frances) Power, the daughter and heiress of David and Elizabeth Power of
Coorheen, Loughrea, County Galway, who in 1732 married Richard Trench (d. 1768)
of Garbally, County Galway. Fanny’s parents were patron’s of O’Carolan (see,
for example “Mrs. Power/Poer,” better
known as “Carolan’s Concerto” and
“David Power”). The tune is sometimes
called “Mrs. Trench” after Fanny’s married name, although it appears likely the
melody was composed before the nuptials, for in the second verse of his song
O’Carolan expresses the hope that he will live to dance at their wedding. The
melody appears in Edward Bunting’s (1773-1843) c. 1800 manuscript collection
(copies in MS 29, pg. 22, and MS 33, book 3, pg. 15, held at the Library of
Queen’s University, Belfast). Bunting, in different publications, names
variously harpers Charles Byrne and Arthur O’Neill as his source. There is also
a printing in John Mulholland’s Collection of Ancient Irish Airs (Belfast,
1810, pg. 51). Complete Collection of
Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 155, pg. 106. S. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 3: Carolan),
1983 (revised 1991, 2001); pg. 10. Matthiesen (The Waltz Book), 1992; pg. 39. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 238.
O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 673, pg. 122. O’Sullivan (Carolan:
The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 155. Avocet Records, Glasnotes ‑ "Live from
Contrafornia." Fortune Records, Patrick Ball ‑ "Music of
Turlough O'Carolan." Front Hall, Walt Michael ‑ "The Good Old
Way."
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See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index Jane Keefer’s Folk
Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Planxty Fanny Powers
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:G
D |: G2D | G>AB | c2B | A2G | GFE
| DFD | F2G | A2c |
B>AG | Bcd | e2A | A>BG | GFE
| DGF | G3 |1 G2D :|2 G2d ||
|: dB/c/d | dB/c/d | G>BG | GBd |
ec/d/e | ec/d/e | A>cA | AcA |
B>cd | efg | f>ga | d2c |
B>AG | DGF | G3 |1 G2d :|2 G2 ||
PLANXTY GAVIN.
AKA and see “Killavil Jig [1].”
Irish, Jig. E Dorian. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Source for notated version: the
Gavins of Ballina [O’Malley]. O’Malley (Luke
O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 104, pg. 52.
X: 1
T: Planxty Gavin
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
Q: 325
S: Luke O'Malley vol 1
Z: Transcribed by Bill Black
R: jig
K: Edor
BEE BAB | def edB | BAF FEF | DFA BAF |
BEE BAB | def edB | BAF dAF |1 EFE E2 G/A/ :|2
EFE E2 B ||
|: e2 f geg | f/g/af edB | BAF FEF | DFA BAF |
e2
f geg | faf edB | BAF dAF |1 EFE E2 B :|2 EFE E2 z ||
PLANXTY GEORGE
BRABAZON [1]. Irish, Planxty (6/8 time). G Major.
Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738) who composed
the sprightly drinking song for George Brabazon of New Park (later Brabazon
Park), County Mayo. Donal O’Sullivan (1958) says Brabazon must have been a
young man and a bachelor when O’Carolan composed the air, while the harper
himself was near the end of his career. George Brabazon married Sarah, daughter
of Dominick Bourke of Clorough,
X:1
T:George Brabazon [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air or Planxty
N:”Joviale”
S:O’Sullivan – Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper, No. 6 (1958)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G2g gdg|gdg fed|B2g gdc|Bc/d/B
cAF|G2g gdg|
gdg fed|B2g gdc|Bc/d/B cAF||B3c3|d2g
gab|B3c3|
Bc/d/B cAF|BAG GAG|G2g gdc|BAG GDG|Bc/d/B
cAF||
PLANXTY GEORGE
BRABAZON [2] (Pleraca Seoirse
Brabason). AKA
and see "Prince
Charlie's Welcome to the Island of Skye," "Isle of Skye [2]." Irish, Air. G Major. Standard tuning. One
part (O Canainn): AB (Complete Collection,
O'Neill/1850): AABB (O'Neill {Complete
Collection..., Krassen, Skye}). Composed by Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan
(1670‑1738) for George Brabazon, a young bachelor. Donal O’Sullivan
(1958) included this piece in his definitive work on Carolan, but noted there
was no definitive evidence for its being composed by the harper. Some have
attributed Captain Francis O’Neill’s over-zealotous assertion of tunes to
O’Carolan as the source for naming him as composer, although stylistically it
would seem to be a composition of his. After the Jacobite rebellion “George
Brabazon” was re-titled in
X:1
T:Planxty George Brabazon
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Moderate”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 657
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
ge|d2G2 cBAG|d2G2 cBAG|e2A2
ABcd|e2A2 ABcd|edcB g2 fe|edcB cBAG|
BAGE DEGA|B2G2G2||ga|b2 gb a2 fa|g2
eg edcB|e2A2 ABcd|e2A2A2 ga|
B2 gb a2 fa|g2 eg edcB|cBAG
DEGA|B2G2G2||
X:2
T:Isle of Sky (sic)
M:C
L:1/8
R:Scots Measure
S:Gow – Complete Repository, Part Second (1802)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
dB|A2D2 GFED|A2D2 GFED|B2E2
EFGA|B2E2 EFGA|
A2 GF d2 cB|{B}A2 GF E2 DE|FEDB,
A,B,DE|F2D2D2:||
ag|f2d2 fgag|f2d2 fgaf|g2e2
efga|b2e2e2ag|f2d2 fgag|f2d2 fgag|
fgab afeg|f2d2d2 de|{g}f2 df {f}e2
Be|d2 Ad B2 FA|BEdE EFGA|
BEdE Ecde|f2 df e2 Be|d2 Ad B2 FB|A2A,2
A,B,DE|{D/E/}F2D2D2||
PLANXTY HEWLETT. AKA and see “Hewlett.”
PLANXTY HUGH O'DONNELL ("Pleraca Aod Ua Domnaill" or
"Planxtae Aodha Mic Domhneil"). AKA and see "Hugh O'Donnell." Irish, Air or
Planxty (6/8 time, "animated"). C Major (most versions): G Major
(Johnson). Standard tuning. AB (Complete
Collection…, O’Sullivan, O'Sullivan/Bunting): AAB (Johnson): AABB
(O'Neill). Composed by Turlough
O'Carolan (1670-1738) in honor of Hugh, one of the sons of Colonel Manus
O'Donnell of Newport, Co. Mayo. Hugh married Maud Browne, of Mount Browne, Co.
Mayo in 1728, reports O'Sullivan (1958), who also provides further family
history. It seems that the Colonel was the great-grandson of Niall Garbh
O'Donnell, who had the curious miss-circumstance to be offered the earldom of
Tyrconnell by both Elizbeth and James. Instead of this dual offer securing his
fortune, however, it sealed his fate for he was brought to
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X:1
T:Planxty Hugh O’Donnell
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Animated”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 682
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
G | G2c cdc | B2c d2f | e2A AcA | d2G
GBG | c2G cBA | G3g3 | ece ece | f3a3 |
g>ag ece | f>gf dBd | e>fe
cAc | d>ed BGB | c2G cBA | G3g3 | fed cdB | c3c2 :|
|: c | (.g2.c) (.g2c) | agf edc |
Bdd ded | Bdd ded | cee efe | ABc BAG | ABc Bcd | ABc dBG |
g2g a2a | b2b c’3 | c’2g c’2f | c’2e
dd’c’ | bag gag | gfe dgf | edc dcB | c3 c2 :|
PLANXTY IRWIN (Pleraca Iarbain). AKA and see “Colonel Irwin,” "Colonel John Irwin," "Oh!
Banquet Not." Irish, Planxty (6/8
time, "spirited"); New England, Waltz. D Major (Brody, Matthiesen,
O'Neill): C Major (Complete Collection...,
O’Sullivan): G Major (Cranitch, Ó Canainn). Standard tuning. One part (Ó
Canainn): AB (Complete Collection,
Cranitch, O’Sullivan): AAB (Matthiesen, O'Neill/Krassen): AABB (Brody,
O'Neill/1850, Tubridy). Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan
(1670-1738) for a patron, Colonel John Irwin (1680-1752) of Tanrego House
(situated on Ballysodare Bay, in the townland of Tanrego West), County Sligo.
Donal O’Sullivan (1958) thought it was composed around the year 1713 after
Irwin’s return from overseas wars, as O’Carolan’s song to the tune mentions
Irwin’s military exploits in Flanders. The Irwin family were originally English
grantees of lands in Ireland under the Cromwellian Settlement in the mid-17th
century, expanded in settlement of arrears of military pay. They were neighbors
of the Crofton family of Longford House, Catholic gentry, who lived a few miles
south. Although the Irwins fought for the Williamite side during the Jacobite
wars, the Croftons gave them refuge when they were in need (see O’Sullivan,
1958, notes to No. 59). Thaddaeus Connellan translated the Irish verses into
English, keeping the Gaelic character, in his An Duanaire (1829):
***
We will take our way without delay
To see a Noble, brave and gay,
The gallant Colonel near the sea,
Him I mean to treat of;
With mirth and joy he fills his glasses,
Delights to cheer both lads and lasses,
This is John I will answer,
The brave English Irelánder.
***
The noted Irish piper, fiddler and
composer Walter "Piper" Jackson composed a piece in the mid‑18th
century called "Jackson's
Welcome Home" that uses a strain quite similar to O'Carolan's first
strain. Bayard (1981) opines that the strain was "by no means of striking
originality," and that the use by Jackson may have been accidental, that
the two composers may have been influenced by an earlier tune, or that Jackson
may have been "unconsciously" influenced by O'Carolan's tune. The air
was adapted by Thomas Moore for his song "Oh! Banquet Not." Source
for notated version: collector Edward Bunting (1773-1843) noted the piece from
harper Charles Byrne. Brody (Fiddler’s
Fakebook), 1983; pg. 220. Bunting (A
General Collection of Ancient Music of Ireland), 1809; pg. 7. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes,
1984; No. 59, pg. 55 (appears as "Colonel John Irwin"). Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; pg. 43. S.
Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 3:
Carolan), 1983 (revised 1991, 2001); pg.3. Matthiesen (Waltz Book I), 1992; pg. 40. Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs), 1995; pg. 22. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg.
239. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850
Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 677, pg. 123. O'Sullivan (Carolan: Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), vol. 1, 1958;
No. 59, pg. 195. Tubridy (Irish
Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; pg. 40. Front
Hall 010, Fennigs All Stars‑ "The Hammered Dulcimer Strikes
Again." Front Hall FHR 021, John McCutcheon ‑ "Barefoot Boy
with Boots On" (1981). Shanachie 79009, "Planxty."
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X:1
T:Planxty Irwin
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:D
A |d2c Bcd | A2G FED | G2E FGA | C2D
E2A | d2c Bcd | A2G FED |
G2E FGA | D2C D2A :: ded d2d | e2e
ecA | f2f efd | cdB ABc |
d2c Bcd | A2G FED | G2E FGA | D2C D2
:|
PLANXTY JACK DANIELS. American, Air. A modern composition by David McKelway. Rounder 0113, Trapezoid ‑ "Three Forks of
Cheat" (1979).
PLANXTY
JOHNSON (Pleraca Ionston). AKA and see "(Planxty) Baptist Johnson." Irish, Air or
Planxty (6/8 time, "lively"). D Major (O'Neill): C Major (Complete Collection). Standard tuning.
AB (O'Neill): AABB (Complete Collection).
Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). The tune was
originally titled “Baptist Johnson” and refers to Baptist Johnston of
Tully, County Monaghan, a High Sheriff of his county in 1728 and MP for the
borough of Monaghan between 1747 and 1753. Complete Collection of O'Carolan's
Irish Tunes, 1984;
No. 62, pgs. 56‑57. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 234. O'Neill (Music
of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 656, pg. 118
X:1
T:Planxty Johnson
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Lively”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 656
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d2d dcB|A2G F2G|E2A D2d|{d}c2B
A2a|f23 d2e|f2g a2b|
a2f d2e|c2d e2f|ecA ecA|B2c d2 e|d2d
{f}edc|d3 d2z||
afg a2f|c2d ebc’|d’2b c’2a|b2g
efg|a2a aba|f2f fgf|ded c2d|ecA ABc|
dcB AGF|(G3 G)AG|e2e efe|ecA A2z|faf
gbg|faf geg|fdf ecA|d3 d2z||
PLANXTY KELLY. AKA and see "Planxty O'Kelly."
PLANXTY KINGSLAND. Irish. The air was recorded by the Belfast
Northern Star of July 15, 1792, as having been played in competition by one
of ten Irish harp masters at the last great convocation of ancient Irish
harpers, the Belfast Harp Festival, held that week. The title may refer to the
Drury family of Kingsland, Co. Roscommon (see note for "John Drury").
PLANXTY KITTY O'BRIEN (Pleraca Caitilin Ni Briain). AKA and see "Betty O'Brien." Irish, Air or Planxty
(4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. ABC. Composed by blind Irish harper
Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 236. O'Neill (Music
of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 663, pg. 120.
X:1
T:Planxty Kitty O’Brien
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Moderate”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 663
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B2d2d2g2|e2 dc B2A2|G2G2A2G2|F3E
D2z2|BB d2d2 g2|fefg a2e2|edcB {d}cBAG|
G4G2 z2||D2DD D2GG|E2EE E2 EG|ABAG
{B}AGAB|d4 d2z2|efed B2d2|
efed cBAG|g2G2 GABG|A4 G2z2||B2d2d2
ef|g4 [B4g4]|efed B2d2|e2f2g2z2|