Annotation:Planxty Crilly

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PLANXTY CRILLY. Irish, Planxty (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738) for an unknown patron. O'Sullivan thought Carolan could have composed it for a member of the Crilly family from County Louth.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1985; No. 21, p. 36. Mulholland (Collection of Ancient Irish Airs), Belfast, 1810; p. 20. O'Sullivan (Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 21, p. 114.

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