The Galway Races (song)

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"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
• 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 album Ballad of the Irish Horse
• The Pogues on the album If I Should Fall From Grace With God
• Todd Menton on the album Punts (2003)
• Patrick Clifford on the album American Wake

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