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Music & Craic in the Streets of Galway


If you want to feel the "craic" of Galway from your own home, even if your level is B1, you can watch this You Tube video of some Galway buskers performing Hit the Road Jack:

But if you prefer something more Celtic, this video of Irish folk music and dance is for you:

Here, you can find some buskers playing an anthem, Song for Ireland by James Gallagher:






If you like an unpretentious, young, hippy style, try this cover of The House of the Rising Sun:






More street talent with a fiddle and some Mexican flavour: 






This video shows the largest performance of the song Galway Girl in the streets of Galway in 2016: 









I hope you have enjoyed Galway's "craic" wherever you are, 





But if you still want some more, you can watch this tourist documentary which includes, at the end, 20 minutes of Irish  music from the pubs and streets, with visuals of Galway, the Connemara region and the Cliffs of  Mohair. 



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