The Galway Races (song) explained

"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
• The High Kings on the 2020 album Home from Home

External links

• Lyrics
• The Traditional Ballad Index