The story of Arthur Colahan, the Irish man who wrote "Galway Bay," is just as moving as the song itself. "Galway Bay," made famous by Bing Crosby and featured in "The Quiet Man," was once the third ...

The recent removal of a stone plaque inscribed with the words of the song Galway Bay from the promenade at Salthill in Galway seems like one more colourful episode in the history of this song. The ...