Who is the girl in Galway Girl by Ed Sheeran?
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Who is the real Galway Girl?
Ed Sheeran’s ‘Galway Girl’ has been revealed as Niamh Dunne – a fiddle player from Limerick. The singer-songwriter’s track, which is heavily influenced by Irish traditional music, has been topping the charts.
Is Ed Sheeran from Galway?
Ed’s uncle and cousins lived in Galway and he used to visit the city during his Summer holidays. When he was 14 or so, he used to busk on Shop Street and our walking tour takes in many of the sites which Ed knew from his teenage years and included in the wonderful video.
Are Saoirse Ronan and Ed Sheeran friends?
Ronan said she and Sheeran originally met through mutual friends they know from Suffolk in the UK and she jumped at the chance to be in his video. She said she and Sheeran simply ran around Galway to film the video, accompanied by hundreds of Irish fans.
Is Lewis Capaldi Irish?
Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi has gained huge success since he released his debut album in May 2019. His single Someone You Loved stayed at the top of the singles chart for seven weeks, he won two 2020 Brit awards for Song of the Year and Best New Artist and he was even nominated for a Grammy.
Why does Ed Sheeran have a tattoo of Saoirse Ronan?
“It’s an actual tattoo, and when we were doing the music video Ed shot it all himself with this rig… and we ended it by going to this famous pub back home where this was a birthday party going on for someone he knows, and he wanted to get this tattoo. That’s my handwriting.”
Who is Saoirse Ronan husband?
Since 2018 she has been in a relationship with Scottish actor Jack Lowden, her co-star in Mary Queen of Scots, and currently divides her time between Dublin, London, and the north of England.
Who was the original singer of Galway Girl?
However, the most successful version was the one recorded by Irish singer Mundy, again with Sharon Shannon and a group of Irish backing musicians. The Mundy recording spent five weeks at number one in Ireland in 2008 and became the country’s biggest selling download of that year.
Who is in the Ed Sheeran Galway Girl video?
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Is the song the Galway Girl based on a true story?
The song has a simple storyline in which the singer meets a girl while walking in Galway. They have a brief liaison but she leaves him “with a broken heart and a ticket home”. Earle has never spoken publicly about the origins of the song but according to Mundy and Shannon, it is based on a real incident.
Where did Steve Earle write the Galway Girl?
Shannon told the Will Leahy Show on the Irish radio station RTE2fm that Earle met the girl in question while he was working with Irish musicians. She said: “Steve wrote the song in Galway. He used to spend a lot of time there, just hanging out and writing songs and going to trad sessions. He made great friends with all the musicians there.
