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  2. Galway Bay (song) - Wikipedia

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    In 1948, "Galway Bay" spent 22 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the UK's sheet music sales chart, with multiple cover versions available at the time. Unusually, it entered the chart at No. 1, and spent a total of 39 weeks on the listings. [6] The contemporary recordings available during this period were by: Denis Martin; Robert Wilson; Bing Crosby

  3. List of Irish ballads - Wikipedia

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    "Galway Bay" – the name of two songs, one written by Francis Arthur Fahy of Kinvara, and one written by Dr. Arthur Colahan and popularised by Bing Crosby. [71] [85] "Glanworth You're Calling Me Back Home" – a song about the village of Glanworth in County Cork, written in 2022 by Eddie Quinlan a native of Ballylegan. [86]

  4. Francis Fahy (songwriter) - Wikipedia

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    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".

  5. Talk:Galway Bay (song) - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  6. Category:Irish folk songs - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... Galway Bay (song) Galway Girl (Ed Sheeran song) The Galway Races (song)

  7. Arthur Colahan - Wikipedia

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    His most famous work is Galway Bay, which was popularised by Bing Crosby, and was the biggest selling record of all time at one stage. 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.

  8. Joe Feeney - Wikipedia

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    From 1957 to 1982, when the Welk show ended production, Feeney was the program's featured Irish tenor. [6] Among his selection of musical numbers that were popular with the Welk audience were Danny Boy, Galway Bay, Sweet Leilani and the Mario Lanza classic Be My Love.

  9. Songs from Ireland - Wikipedia

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    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 .