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This song is known alternatively as "Galway Bay", "My Own Dear Galway Bay", or "The Old Galway Bay". [citation needed] It was composed in London by Frank A. Fahy (1854–1935), [1] a native of Kinvara, Co. Galway, on the shores of Galway Bay. It was originally written to air of "Skibbereen".
Galway Bay (Irish: Loch Lurgain or Cuan na Gaillimhe) is a bay on the west coast of Ireland, between County Galway in the province of Connacht to the north and the Burren in County Clare in the province of Munster to the south; Galway city is on the northeast side. The bay is about 50 kilometres (30 mi) long and from 10 kilometres (6 mi) to 30 ...
Some say this was composed in the home of Dr Morris at 1 Montpelier Terrace, Galway, while others believe it was in The Vicars Croft on Taylor's Hill, Galway, from where one can see Galway Bay. Other songs written by Colahan included Maccushla Mine , Asthoreen Bawn , Until God's Day , The Kylemore Pass and The Claddagh Ring .
Francis Arthur Fahy (29 September 1854 – 1935) was an Irish nationalist, songwriter and poet. He is probably best remembered as the composer of the evergreen "The Ould Plaid Shawl".
Galway Bay (song) Galway Girl (Ed Sheeran song) The Galway Races (song) The Galway Shawl; Gartan Mother's Lullaby; The Girl I Left Behind; Gleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair; Glen of Aherlow (song) Gol na mBan san Ár; Green Grow the Lilacs
Leith released a promotional video for "Galway Bay" featuring Bing Crosby on 11 March. [ 8 ] On 17 March Leith performed " Galway Girl " on Today , [ 9 ] and on 19 March he performed " Danny Boy " on The Morning Show .
Meanwhile, Gaelic is unfortunately almost extinct and the song itself is written in English and apart from the last stanza none of the lyrics are quintessentially Irish. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.114.147.138 ( talk ) 18:09, 5 March 2016 (UTC) [ reply ]
The video tells the story of a man whose dog has died. Saddened by his loss, the man drowns his sorrows in alcohol. He then drives under the influence and the end of the video suggests he crashes head-on into a delivery truck. The video shows a sign for the Galway Bay Bar in Chicago and the cars in the video are all 1970s models.