"Nancy Mulligan" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran.
It was included on the deluxe edition of his third studio album ÷ (2017) and is the fifteenth track.
[3] "Nancy Mulligan" is one of the most personal songs on the album, telling the story of how his grandparents, William Sheeran, a Protestant from Belfast, Northern Ireland and Anne "Nancy" Mulligan,[4] a Catholic from the Republic of Ireland, met, fell in love during the Second World War and got married at the Wexford border.
He stole all the gold teeth in his dental surgery and melted them down into a wedding ring, and they wore borrowed clothes to get married, and just basically have this kind of Romeo and Juliet romance, which is like the most romantic thing.
So I thought I'd write a song about it and make it a jig [reel].