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 Theme code Index    3b3b42 113b1
 Also known as    Pleraca Dreu
 Composer/Core Source    Turlough O'Carolan
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    6/8
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 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Charles Villiers Stanford
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Complete Collection of Petrie's Irish Music
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 874, p. 218
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1905
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X:1 T:Planty [sic] Drew M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air B:Finnegan/Curtin Manuscript (Sliabh Luachra, Co. Cork, mid-19th century, No. 78, p. 33) B: https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/manuscript/finnegan-curtin-manuscript N:The ms. predates the introduction of quadrille-based polkas and slides that N:now characterize the music of Sliabh Luachra region, thought to have been N:introduced in the latter 19th century. S:Breandán Breathnach (1912-85) obtained the ms. from E. Finnegan, who had it S:from D. Curtin of Stagmount, Rockchapel, Co Cork. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G c|BAG Bcd|AcB AGF|GDG G2c| B G/B/A/F/ G2c| BAG Bcd|AB AGF|Ggg afd|cAF G2:| |:G|GDG Bcd|Ggf gaf|gdB cBA|Ggf/a/ g2b| a/g/f/g/a/f/ ge/f/g/e/|fd/e/f/d/ cA/B/c/A/|Ggg afd|cAF G2:|


X:1 T:Planxty Drew M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Spirited" S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 690 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gmin G/A/|BAG Bcd|cdB AGF|GDG G2A|BGG G2 G/A/| BAG Bcd|cdB AGF|Ggg a/g/fd|cA^F G2|| B/A/|GEG Bcd|Ggg gaf|gfd c/B/AG|Fff f2 f/g/| af/g/a/f/ g=e/f/g/e/|fd/=e/f/d/ cA/=B/c/A/|Ggg a/g/fd|cA^F G2||