Editing Planxty (section)

==Influences==
A formative influence on Planxty, and in particular on Moore, was the singing of [[Irish Traveller]] [[John Reilly (singer)|John "Jacko" Reilly]] who hailed from [[Boyle, County Roscommon|Boyle]], [[County Roscommon]]. It was from Reilly that Moore learned "[[The Gypsy Laddie|Raggle Taggle Gypsy]]", which was recorded for the first Planxty album, in addition to "[[The Maid and the Palmer|The Well Below the Valley]]," which appeared on ''The Well Below the Valley.'' Moore later dipped into Reilly's songbook again for an updated version of the lengthy ballad "[[Lord Baker (song)|Lord Baker]]," which was featured on Planxty's 1983 album ''Words & Music''. ("Baker" appears to be a [[mondegreen]] for the "Beichan" of earlier versions.) Reilly died in 1969 at the age of 44, shortly after being found beneath his coats in the top room of his dwelling in Boyle by [[Tom Munnelly]], who had originally collected his songs for archiving.

The music of [[Turlough O'Carolan]] appeared on a number of Planxty albums (including the B-side of their very first single), played by O'Flynn on the pipes. Much of this music first came to the attention of the band through the work of seminal Irish composer [[Seán Ó Riada]] and his group [[Ceoltóirí Chualann]].