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{{short description|Irish folk music band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name                = Planxty
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| background          = group_or_band
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| origin              = [[Kildare]]/[[Dublin]], Ireland
| genre               = [[Irish folk music]]
| years_active        = 1972–1975<br>1978–1983<br>2003–2005
| label               =
| associated_acts     = [[Sweeney's Men]], [[Moving Hearts]], [[The Bothy Band]], [[Andy Irvine (musician)#LAPD (Liam/Andy/Paddy/Dónal)|LAPD]], [[Usher's Island (band)|Usher's Island]]
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| current_members     =
| past_members        = [[Christy Moore]]<br>[[Dónal Lunny]]<br>[[Andy Irvine (musician)|Andy Irvine]]<br>[[Liam O'Flynn]]<br>[[Johnny Moynihan]]<br>[[Paul Brady]]<br>[[Matt Molloy]]<br>[[Bill Whelan]]<br>[[Nollaig Casey]]<br>[[Noel Hill (musician)|Noel Hill]]<br>Tony Linnane<br>[[Dolores Keane]]
}}
'''Planxty'''<ref name="O'Toole">{{cite book|last=O'Toole|first= Leagues |year=2006|title= The Humours of Planxty|location=Ireland|publisher= Hodder Headline|isbn= 03-4083-796-9}}</ref> were an [[Irish folk music]] band formed in January 1972,<ref name="O'Toole"/>{{rp|99–100}}  consisting initially of [[Christy Moore]] (vocals, acoustic guitar, [[bodhrán]]), [[Andy Irvine (musician)|Andy Irvine]] (vocals, mandolin, [[mandola]], [[Irish bouzouki|bouzouki]], [[hurdy-gurdy]], harmonica), [[Dónal Lunny]] (bouzouki, guitars, bodhrán, keyboards), and [[Liam O'Flynn]] ([[uilleann pipes]], tin whistle). They transformed and popularized [[Irish folk music]], touring and recording to great acclaim.

Subsequently, [[Johnny Moynihan]], [[Paul Brady]], [[Matt Molloy]] (flute), [[Bill Whelan]] (keyboards), [[Nollaig Casey]] ([[fiddle]]) and briefly, [[Noel Hill (musician)|Noel Hill]] ([[concertina]]) and Tony Linnane (fiddle) were also temporary members.

Planxty broke up twice, first in December 1975<ref name="O'Toole"/>{{rp|220}} and again in April 1983.<ref name="O'Toole"/>{{rp|306}} The original quartet reunited in October 2003<ref name="O'Toole"/>{{rp|316}} and their final performance was on 31 January 2005.<ref name="O'Toole"/>{{rp|324}}