In Culture
The Galway Races are the subject of At Galway Races, a poem by W. B. Yeats. They are also the subject of eponymous folk song, popularized by the Clancy Brothers and the Chieftains. The Celtic Rock band, JSD Band played it on the seventies; It appears on their album, Travelling Days. The song also appears on The Kreellers 2008 release, Sixth and Porter. Further, it constitutes the last third of the track Medley on the 1988 album If I Should Fall from Grace with God by The Pogues (the two first parts being Recruiting sergeant and an instrumental version of Rocky Road to Dublin).
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