Annotation:Planxty O'Neill (1)

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PLANXTY O'NEILL [1] (Pleraca Ua Niall). Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "animated"). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Francis O'Neill printed the tune in 1903 and included it in his section of O'Carolan tunes. His source (or, rather, Sergeant James O'Neill's source), is unknown. Donal O'Sullvian, in his definitive 1958 work on the bard, could find nothing of the origins of the air or to whom it might refer to. He choose to include it in his compendium because it is plausible on stylistic reasons that in may be a Carolan composition, but only as an untitled tune.

Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill].

Printed sources: Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 178, p. 122 (untitled). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 683, p. 124. O'Sullivan (Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 178, p. 200 (appears as untitled air).

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