Could Ed Sheeran’s ‘Galway Girl’ actually be from Limerick?
When Ed Sheeran’s album dropped there was one song in particular that us Irish ladies were interested in, Galway Girl.
Ed sings about a Galway girl who plays the fiddle and fell in love with an Englishman. He said that they met on Grafton Street and shared a kiss and dropped other hints about who she is.
After hearing the song it left us all wondering who Mr Sheeran’s Galway Girl was. Well, wonder no more, as it seems she may have been found.
RTÉ claim that Niamh Dunne, from the band Beoga, is the mysterious muse.
Interestingly, Ed Sheeran teamed up with Beoga for this song so it could well be about Niamh.
However, a few things don’t add up. Although she does play the fiddle, she is from Limerick and not Galway. She also just got married in January so either the encounter described in the song happened a long time ago or Ed’s imagination ran wild.
Speaking to RTÉ Niamh said:
“I’m so happy with Galway Girl, Ed Sheeran knows how to write a great pop song and it’s so catchy.
As for being the inspiration I dunno if you could go that far really, Christ almighty and I a Limerick woman!
My sister said she knew straight away it couldn’t be about me when later in the song she beats him at darts and pool.”
Sounds like we’re just going to have to hear it from the man himself if we want a definitive answer.
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