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Tune ID#1598 (Planxty Mary O'Neill)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Planxty Mary O'Neill about these two bars
These two bars are quoted from the transcription in the book LC 1 (details in the Bibliography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Type ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Piece48AABBCCD Mixolydian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Planxty Mary O'Neill / Mary O' Neill / Planxty O'Neill / Carolan's Favourite Jig / Carolan's Favorite Jig (also singled) (composed by Turlough O'Carolan)
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Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc.

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Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune?		 [Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~19784#2
[LC 1] Liz Carroll. A Friend Indeed. Liz Carroll (fiddle).
~20053#1
[CTL 11] Cherish the Ladies. Woman of the House. Joanie Madden (flute, whistle, harmony vocals), Mary Coogan (guitar, mandolin, banjo, banjitar, octave mandolin), Heidi Talbot (vocals), Roisin Dillon (fiddle), Mirella Murray (accordion). For this tune: 1st time Laoise Kelly (harp).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Humors of Bandon		LC 1
Played beforeOn Albums
George Brabazon		CTL 11

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #662 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
On page 235 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As misc #3 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #137 in [Crln] The Complete Works of O'Carolan. [available]

If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1903
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