Galway Girl ( Steve Earle song ) - wikipedia Galway Girl ( Steve Earle song ) `` The Galway Girl '' Song by Steve Earle from the album Transcendental Blues Released 2000 Recorded 2000 Genre Folk Celtic Length 3 : 05 Songwriter ( s ) Steve Earle Producer ( s ) Jamie Bedford, Ray Kennedy `` Galway Girl '' is a song written by Steve Earle and recorded with Irish musician Sharon Shannon originally as `` The Galway Girl ''. It was featured on Earle 's 2000 album Transcendental Blues. `` The Galway Girl '' tells the semi-autobiographical story of the songwriter 's reaction to a beautiful black - haired blue - eyed girl he meets in Galway, Ireland. Local references include Salthill and The Long Walk. A cover version of the song by Mundy and Sharon Shannon reached number one and became the most downloaded song of 2008 in Ireland, and has gone on to become the eighth highest selling single in Irish chart history. It has been subject of a great number of covers and live interpretations. Contents 1 Background 2 Cover versions 2.1 Mundy version 2.2 Other versions 3 References in popular culture 4 References Background The song was written about Joyce Redmond, Interestingly enough Joyce Redmond plays bodhran on Steve Earle 's version of the song. Earle met Redmond in Galway. Redmond is from Howth, County Dublin... Cover versions Mundy version `` The Galway Girl '' Single by Mundy and Sharon Shannon Released April 2008 Format Compact disc / download Genre Folk Celtic Songwriter ( s ) Steve Earle Irish artist Mundy collaborated with Sharon Shannon on a cover of `` Galway Girl '', a track she had previously performed with Steve Earle. A studio version of the track reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart in April 2008 and remained there for five weeks. It was the biggest - selling download in Ireland in 2008, and was a winning nominee at the 2008 Meteor Awards. The song was the highest - selling single in Ireland in 2008. Mundy also recorded an Irish language version of the track, entitled `` Cailín na Gaillimhe '', for Ceol ' 08, an Irish language compilation record which was released in 2008 to raise money for several Irish charities. Other versions ( Year of release - artist / group - album ) 2003 : The Punters - Fisherman 's Blues 2004 : The Elders - The Best Crowd We Ever Had 2007 : The Fenians - The Best of the Fenians : Could n't Have Come at a Better Time 2010 : Mike Denver - The Essential Galway Boy Collection 2011 : Celtic Thunder - Heritage 2012 : Scythian - It 's Not Too Late 2012 : Rapalje - Clubs 2013 : Johnny Logan - The Irish Connection 2 2013 : Foster and Allen featuring Shayne Ward. 2013 : The High Kings - Friends for Life 2015 : Damien Leith featuring Sharon Shannon - Songs from Ireland 2015 : Old Goats - A Rattling Pint 2017 : Ritchie Remo, a Northern Ireland singer as `` Galway Girls '' as a mashup of this song and identically titled Ed Sheeran song `` Galway Girl ''. ( 1 ) The comedian Stewart Lee references and performs the song in his 2009 Edinburgh Fringe show and also on his live DVD If You Prefer a Milder Comedian Please Ask for One, released on 11 October 2010. References in popular culture The song appears in the 2007 film P.S. I Love You, where Gerard Butler 's character sings the song for Hilary Swank 's character. This was also sung by Jeffrey Dean Morgan 's character to Swank. The song featured in the TV series Treme ( in episode 9 of the second series, entitled `` What Is New Orleans ? '' ). It was performed by Steve Earle ( in his role of Harley, a street musician ) with Lucia Micarelli and Spider Stacy ( of The Pogues ) accompanying him on violin and pennywhistle. References ^ Jump up to : `` MP3 Podcast with Mundy and Sharon Shannon '' ( MP3 ). RTÉ 2fm. Retrieved 2008 - 05 - 14. Jump up ^ Ouellette, Dan ( 2000 - 08 - 06 ). `` Steve Earle, Transcendentalist ''. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2008 - 05 - 14. Jump up ^ `` Top 20 : The best - selling singles in Irish history ''. Daily Edge. May 20, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Irish music muses : Meet the Galway Girl, Úna Bhán and Nancy Spain ''. Jump up ^ `` Ireland - Top Singles Chart ''. Jump up ^ `` Stars out for the Meteors ''. RTÉ. 2008 - 02 - 16. Retrieved 2008 - 02 - 17. Jump up ^ `` Galway Girl / One Little Christmas Tree ( with Shayne Ward ) - Single by Foster & Allen & Shayne Ward on Apple Music ''. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galway_Girl_(Steve_Earle_song)&oldid=843078018 '' Categories : 2000 songs 2008 singles 2008 in Irish music Irish Singles Chart number - one singles Irish songs Music in Galway ( city ) Songs about Ireland Songs written by Steve Earle Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Edit links This page was last edited on 26 May 2018, at 18 : 30. 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Question: who is the original singer of galway girl
Answer: Steve Earle