Annotation:Planxty Mary McClare
X:1 T:Plaxty Mary McLare C:Mick Furey (Maltby, Rotherham, Yorkshire) M:6/9 L:1/8 R:Air B:Treoir, vol. 34, No. 2, p. 28 K:D de|f>gf e>fe|d>ed c>BA|Bcd A>GF|GAB Ade| f>gf e>fe|d>ed c>BA|Bcd e>dc|d3d:| A|d>ef g>fg|agf e2d|d>ef g>fg|aba gfe| agf gfe|fed B2A|d>ef gfe|d3 d2:|
PLANXTY MARY McCLARE. Irish, Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Planxty Mary McClare" was composed by Mick Furey, Maltby, Rotherham, Yorkshire, in honor of Mary McLare, also of nearby Rotherham, who died in 2002. Mary founded a branch of Comhaltas Ceoltórirí Éireann in the 1960's, keeping going until in the 1970's Irish music gained in popularity in the area with a subsequent burgeoning of participation.
