Discover the story of the song > The Galway Shawl – daoirí farrell

The song tells the story of a man who sees a beautiful woman wearing a Galway Shawl and falls in love with her. They walk to her father's house and he plays music for them. The woman cries while he plays, and he thinks about her and the shawl even after he leaves. The chorus describes the woman's simple beauty and the shawl she wore.