The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #9152   Message #58871
Posted By: Bruce O.
16-Feb-99 - 04:49 PM
Thread Name: Uh-h-h Planxty?
Subject: RE: Uh-h-h Planxty?
I've not seen earlier use of 'Planksy' than that in the Neals 'A Collection of the Most Celebrated Irish Tunes', Dublin, c 1724. The facsimile edition, 1986, has notes by Nicholas Carolan, and that for "Planksty Plunket" where the word first appears, goes (part of note only): "The precise meaning and derivation of the term 'planksty' is unknown, but it indicates a lively instrumental air." Nicholas Carolan is at the Folk Music Society of Ireland, whose homepage you can click on from my website.