Annotation:Planxty Connacht

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PLANXTY CONNACHT. AKA – “Planks of Connaught.” AKA and see "John O'Connor." Irish, Air (6/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCDE. The tune is Turlough O'Carolan's (1670-1738) air for patron John O'Connor. "Planxty Connacht" is a miss-hearing of the title "Planxty Connor." A further miss-hearing, of "Planxty Connacht" is Burke Thumoth's rather absurd "Planks of Connaught."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 66, p. 41. Thumoth (12 English and 12 Irish Airs), 1746; No. 6, pp. 36-37.

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