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PLANXTY DAVIS ("Pleraca Daibis" or "Plearaca Daiti"). AKA and see "Killiekrankie (2)," "Battle of Killiecrankie (The)." Irish, Hornpipe or Long Dance (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill/Krassen): AABB (O'Neill/1001). One of the supposed seven or eight hundred compositions of the ancient harper biography:Thomas O'Connellan (d. 1698), almost all of which are lost. It is known in Scotland as “Battle of Killiecrankie (The).” See also note for “annotation:Breach of Aughrim (The)” for more on O’Connellan.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 165. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1561, p. 289. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 973, p. 167.

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