Galway Races instiiitiued at Ballybrit, Galway in 1869 and still
galloping strong. At Galway Races was a poem written in 1908 by
William Butler Yeats, but is has nothing to do with the song.
The Irish Music Archive at 73 Merrion Square, Dublin informs me
that it is of 19th Century origin "traditional". I'd like to know
wrote the words and music   
                                    Ha