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MRS. O'NEILL OF CARLANE. Irish, Planxty. G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). Carlane, notes O'Sullivan (1958), is in the parish of Duneane, County Antrim, although the person of the title is unknown.

Source for notated version: John Mulholland, Collection of Ancient Irish Airs [1] (Belfast, 1810) [O'Sullivan].

Printed sources: Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 135, p. 96. Mulholland (Ancient Irish Airs), vol. 2, 1810; No. 57. O'Sullivan (Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 135, p. 174.

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