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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".
This album, however, mainly has Young’s own compositions for the film. Throughout the movie, the tune “Isle of Innisfree” is heard on many occasions and Decca Records decided to include Bing Crosby’s recording of it to add commercial appeal and they also added Crosby’s huge hit from 1947 “Galway Bay” for the same reason.
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 ]
"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.
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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.
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".
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 .