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
 * The High Kings on the 2020 album Home from Home