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Published 14:49 6 Mar 2017 GMT
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Interestingly, Ed Sheeran teamed up with Beoga for this song so it certainly makes sense.
However, it seems Ed used some poetic licence in his song. Although she does play the fiddle, Beoga 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."

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