"The Galway Races" is a traditional Irish song. The song's narrator is attending the eponymous annual event in Galway, a city in the west of Ireland. The song was made famous in the UK in 1967 by The Dubliners.
Recordings "The Galway Races" has been recorded by a variety of artists, including:
Jim McCann on the album The Craic Is 90 Liam Clancy on the album Liam Clancy The Clancy Brothers on the albums Isn't It Grand Boys and Wrap the Green Flag Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy on the album Live at the National Concert Hall The Dubliners, on multiple albums The Wolfe Tones, on The Foggy Dew (1965) Paddy Reilly, on multiple albums The Chieftains, on the 1986 album Ballad of the Irish Horse, and by Kevin Conneff on the 1991 live recording An Irish Evening The Pogues on the 1986 album If I Should Fall From Grace With God Todd Menton on the album Punts (2003) Patrick Clifford on the 2010 album American Wake The High Kings on the 2020 album Home from Home
External links
Lyrics The Traditional Ballad Index
References