The Galway Races (song)

"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 album American Wake

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