<Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Steve Earle </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Td> Jamie Bedford, Ray Kennedy </Td> </Tr> <P> "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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

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