Annotation:James Plunkett

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 JAMES PLUNKETT. AKA and see "Young William Plunkett." Irish, Planxty (3/4 time). G Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). Collector Edward Bunting noted the tune from the playing of harper Charles Byrne at the end of the 18th century. O'Sullivan (1958) says that Bunting's version appears to be the original from which Percy Frency derived the air of his song "Phil the Fluter's Ball." Bunting had several versions of the tune, and printed one version under the erroneous title "Young William Plunkett," according to O'Sullivan, which was then picked up and reprinted by Francis O'Neill. Little is known about James Plunkett, although Hardiman says that he hailed from Bunenedin, County Sligo, an assertion that O'Sullivan finds little evidence for.  Source for notated version: Edward Bunting manuscripts [O'Sullivan].  Printed sources: Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 151, p. 103. O'Sullivan (Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 151, p. 181.  Recorded sources:

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