Annotation:Sir Festus Burke
X:1 T:Sir Festus Burke M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Air C:Carolan Q:"Quick and Spirited" B:Bunting – Ancient Music of Ireland (1840, No. 44, p. 34) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C .[E2c2](Gcd)|{f}.e(d/c/) .c.e|.f(e/d/) .g(e/c/)|.B.A GG| (A/G/).F .F.A|.F.A (B/c/).d|.c/(B/A/G/) .A.B|(c2c)z|.g(ec).[Gdg]|.g/(f/e/d/) .c.g| .a(fd).a|.a/(g/f/e/) dz|.g/(f/e/d/) .e/(f/g/e/)|.d/(c/B/A/) .B/(c/d/B/)|.c/(A/F/A/) .F/(A/c/A/)| .d/(B/G/B/) .G(B/d/B/)|.c/(B/A/G/) .F/(E/D/C/)|.B,/(A,/B,/C/) .D/(E/F/D/) (EC) (CE)|{^FGF}G2 Gz|(.A.F) (.F.A)|{^c}d2 {c}dz|.c(B/A/G/) .G.g| (f/g/).a (e/f/).g|.f.A .B/(c/d/B/)|[E2c2][Ec]z||(E/G/c/G/) (E/G/E/C/)| (G,/E,/C,/E/) G,/(C/E/G/)|(AF) (c/B/c/A/)|(BG) (d/c/d/B/)|.c.g .B.f| (f/e/d/e/) .f.d|[Gc]E/C/ G,/C,/ [Gc]|z/F,/A,/C/ .F(F/A/)|z/D,/G,/B,/ {^F}.G(G/g/)| z/D,/G,/B,/ .F(F/f/)|(f/e/d/e/) (f/e/d/c/)|{^f}.g(d/e/) (=f/e/d/c/)|{^g}.a(d/e/) (f/e/d/c/)| (BG)G G|(A/B/c/B/ A/G/F/E/|G/F/E/D/ F/E/D/C/|G).G, (B,/C/D/B,/)|.C2 {B,}!fermata!Cz||
SIR FESTUS BURKE, PLANXTY (Fiacha a Burc). AKA and see “Festus Burke,” "Planxty Sir Festus Burke," "Sir Festus a Burca." Irish, Air or Planxty (2/4 time, "spirited"). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The melody, for which no words are extent, was composed by the blind Irish harper biography:Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). O'Sullivan (1983) notes that Sir Festus Burke was the 5th baronet of Glinsk, County Galway, who succeeded to the title on the death of his father in 1721 (he was the half-brother of Sir Ulick Burke, for whom O'Carolan composed another piece). Sir Festus married the eldest daughter of the Earl of Clanricard, Lady Laetitia, in 1708, though the union proved barren, and he died around 1730. See also Carolan's air "Lady Laetitia Burke."
