Meet the NYPD officers of our newly formed NYPD choir

In the chorus of The Pogues’ ‘Fairytale of New York’, Shane MacGowan has a standout lyric on which most listeners join in, “...the boys of the NYPD choir were singing Galway Bay…”. While people all over the world sing out that line, very few people realise there never was an NYPD choir, nor did they ever sing ‘Galway Bay’…

Until now.

As an ode to Irish emigrants and Irish diaspora all over the world, we created an NYPD choir, and got them to sing ‘Galway Bay’, just before the bells start ringing out for Christmas Day. The result is a breathtaking rendition of this timeless Irish song, complemented by a music video that the Irish all over the world can resonate with.

This video shows behind the scene footage from the making of the video and song. It features interviews with Sergeant Gerard Flanagan, John Behan, Michael Daly and Det. William "Billy" McDonald.

[zipperzoey]

Thanks to EPIC and the NYPD officers of the choir. We're in Ireland and we watch the New York St Patricks day parade live on YouTube and love watching the NYPD officers and Emerald Society pipes and drums. Couldn't be prouder of our cousins in America. One of the officers in the video has the exact same first and second name of my brother who was a police sergeant here in Ireland in An Garda Síochana.

[sandbridgekid]

Unless you're indigenous, everyone is an immigrant in tye United States.