"since the 2013 Contest. Prior to the 2018 Contest, Ireland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 50 times since its first entry in . Ireland has won the contest a record seven times in total. The country's first win came in 1970, with then-18-year-old Dana winning with ""All Kinds of Everything"". Ireland holds the record for being the only country to win the contest three times in a row (in 1992, 1993 and 1994), as well as having the only three-time winner (Johnny Logan, who won in 1980 as a singer, 1987 as a singer-songwriter, and again in 1992"
"the Ireland national rugby union team and the junior national teams, ""Ireland's Call"" has since also been adopted by the Ireland's national hockey, cricket and rugby league teams along with world renown singing group Celtic Thunder. Coulter co-wrote three Eurovision Song Contest entries: Phil Coulter Phil Coulter (born 19 February 1942) is a musician, songwriter and record producer from Derry, Northern Ireland. He was awarded the Gold Badge from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors in October 2009. Coulter has amassed 23 platinum discs, 39 gold discs, 52 silver discs, two Grand Prix Eurovision awards; five Ivor Novello"
"Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest Ireland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 52 times since making its debut at the 1965 Contest in Naples, missing only two contests since then ( and ). The contest final is broadcast in Ireland on RTÉ One. Ireland is the most successful country in the contest, with a record total of seven wins, and is the only country to have won three times consecutively. Ireland's seven wins were achieved by Dana with ""All Kinds of Everything"" (), Johnny Logan with ""What's Another Year"" () and ""Hold Me Now"" (), Linda Martin with"
"the record for being the only country to win the contest three times in a row (in 1992, 1993 and 1994), as well as having the only three-time winner (Johnny Logan, who won in 1980 as a singer, 1987 as a singer-songwriter, and again in 1992 as a songwriter). In 2011 and 2012, Jedward represented the nation for two consecutive years, managing to qualify to the final both times and achieve Ireland's highest position in the contest since 2000, placing eighth in 2011 with the song ""Lipstick"". However, in 2013, despite managing to qualify to the final, Ryan Dolan and"
"entry was performed without orchestral accompaniment in 1994 and 1997. Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest Ireland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 52 times since making its debut at the 1965 Contest in Naples, missing only two contests since then ( and ). The contest final is broadcast in Ireland on RTÉ One. Ireland is the most successful country in the contest, with a record total of seven wins, and is the only country to have won three times consecutively. Ireland's seven wins were achieved by Dana with ""All Kinds of Everything"" (), Johnny Logan with ""What's Another"
"for an album that will be released in 2017. She was promoting her December Irish tour. Quinn is married to Noel Curran, a radio and television producer, and current Director-General of RTÉ. They have two daughters: Joelene born in October 2009 and Marlene born in April 2012. Eimear Quinn Eimear Anna Quinn (, ; born 18 December 1972) is an Irish singer and composer. She is best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 with the song ""The Voice"". Dublin born Eimear Quinn joined her first choir at four years of age and at fifteen she started formal vocal"
"in a row (in 1992, 1993 and 1994), as well as having the only three-times winner (Johnny Logan, who won in 1980 as a singer, 1987 as a singer-songwriter, and again in 1992 as a songwriter). In recent years, however, Ireland's impressive record at Eurovision has taken a turn, with only two Top 10 results during the 2000s, and Ireland's first last place finish in 2007. The Irish national broadcater, Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ) broadcasts the event each year and organizes the selection process for the selection its entry. Many methods of selection have been used, with the most common"
"set free by war from the protection of their men. Brendan Graham Brendan Graham (born 1945) is an Irish songwriter and novelist. Among songs he has written or co-written are ""Rock 'n' Roll Kids"" (1994) and ""The Voice"" (1996), both of which won the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland in their respective years, and ""You Raise Me Up""(lyrics) (2002), which was an international hit as covered by various artists. Graham was born in County Tipperary. Brendan Graham is one of Ireland's most famous lyricists and songwriters. In an article about the song tradition of Ireland, Con Houlihan wrote, ""Some of"
"Brendan Graham Brendan Graham (born 1945) is an Irish songwriter and novelist. Among songs he has written or co-written are ""Rock 'n' Roll Kids"" (1994) and ""The Voice"" (1996), both of which won the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland in their respective years, and ""You Raise Me Up""(lyrics) (2002), which was an international hit as covered by various artists. Graham was born in County Tipperary. Brendan Graham is one of Ireland's most famous lyricists and songwriters. In an article about the song tradition of Ireland, Con Houlihan wrote, ""Some of the best poetry being produced in this country today is"
"fifth time that the Eurovision Song Contest was staged in the Irish capital. For the second consecutive year, the venue for the contest was the Point Theatre located on the North Wall Quay of the River Liffey, amongst the Dublin Docklands. Two of Ireland's winners attended the contest; Dana, who was Ireland's first winner, winning the contest in 1970 with ""All Kinds of Everything"", and Mr Eurovision himself, Johnny Logan, winning the contest as a singer in 1980 and 1987 (""What's Another Year?"" and ""Hold me Now"" respectively), and also for writing Linda Martin's 1992 winning song ""Why Me?"". It"
"at local schools to give mental health-related talks and also he was dating Miss Universe Ireland 2010 Rozanna Purcell. Niall Breslin Niall Breslin (born 22 October 1980), known as Bressie, is an Irish musician and former Westmeath Gaelic footballer and Leinster Rugby player. Breslin found success as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter with pop band The Blizzards, as a co-writer and producer with XIX Entertainment and as a solo artist. He was the winning coach on the first and third seasons of ""The Voice of Ireland"". Born in Dublin to father Enda and mother Mandy, Breslin is the second"
"more than once at the Contest: Johnny Logan (1980, 1987), Linda Martin (1984, 1992), Niamh Kavanagh (1993, 2010), Tommy and Jimmy Swarbrigg (as ""The Swarbriggs"" in 1975 and part of ""The Swarbriggs Plus Two"" in 1977), Maxi (as a soloist in 1973 and as part of Sheeba in 1981) and Jedward in 2011 and 2012. Eight people have written and composed more than one Irish entry: Brendan Graham (1976, 1985, 1994, 1996), Johnny Logan (1984, 1987, 1992), Tommy and Jimmy Swarbrigg (1975, 1977), Liam Reilly (1990, 1991), Joe Burkett (composer 1972, lyricist 1981), and Niall Mooney & Jonas Gladnikoff (2009,"
"music industry and the Eurovision Song Contest: Linda Martin, national final and Eurovision contestant and winner for Ireland (chairperson); Julian Benson, choreographer; Mark Crossingham, MD Universal Music Ireland; Larry Gogan, Irish radio broadcaster; and Diarmuid Furlong, Eurovision Song Contest expert and fan, and president of OGAE Ireland. RTÉ announced a number of changes to the format to Eurosong from previous years: the broadcaster decided to give the judging panel more flexibility in relation to the selection of songs and the pairing of songs with performers. The judging panel will have final say on the performers of each song, and can"
"won in 1980 as a singer, 1987 as a singer-songwriter, and again in 1992 as a songwriter). For the past four years, Ireland's national final format, Eurosong, had used a mentor system which involved five music professionals being appointed to seek out an artist and song for a televised competition in order to select the Irish entry. In 2011 and 2012, Jedward represented the nation for two consecutive years, managing to qualify to the final both times and achieve Ireland's highest position in the contest since 2000, placing eighth in 2011 with the song ""Lipstick"". However, in 2013, despite managing"
"what his mother had told him before the award: “They all deserve the award – sure my mother even told me that Mick Flannery was going to win, she said you're good, Ritchie, but he's gorgeous”. Mick Flannery Mick Flannery (born 28 November 1983) is an Irish singer and songwriter. His debut album ""Evening Train"" resulted from his time spent studying music and management at Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa in Cork. It featured tracks which had previously won Flannery two categories at the International Songwriting Competition in Nashville, Tennessee, as judged by his idol, Tom Waits. He was the first Irish"
"(RTÉ) is Ireland's representative broadcaster at the contest, the semi-finals are broadcast on RTÉ2 and the final on RTÉ One. All of the Irish entries have been performed in English with the exception of the 1972 entry, ""Ceol an Ghrá"", which was sung in Irish. Ireland have hosted the contest on seven occasions, all but one of these in the capital Dublin, while the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest was staged in Millstreet, a town in north-west County Cork with a population of 1,500 people. Seán Dunphy finished second at the 1967 contest, behind Sandie Shaw, and Pat McGeegan finsishe fourth"
"appearances by three-time Eurovision winner (singer in 1980 and 1987; songwriter in 1987 and 1992) Johnny Logan, Eurovision 1970 winner Dana, runner-up at Eurovision 1992 for the United Kingdom Michael Ball, and TV and radio personality and Eurovision commentator for Ireland Marty Whelan. Dana performed her Eurovision winning song ""All Kinds of Everything"" and Johnny Logan performed his 1980 Eurovision winning song ""What's Another Year"". At the end of the voting ""It's for You"" was revealed as the winner after getting maximum points from all jury regions and the televoting. Although it was revealed that the Irish Eurovision panel wanted"
"Ireland failed to qualify to the final, placing twelfth out of the 17 participating countries with 35 points. Prior to the 2015 Contest, Ireland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-eight times since its first entry in 1965. Ireland has won the contest a record seven times in total. The country's first win came in 1970, with then-18-year-old Dana winning with ""All Kinds of Everything"". Ireland holds the record for being the only country to win the contest three times in a row (in 1992, 1993 and 1994), as well as having the only three-time winner (Johnny Logan, who"
"Brian Kennedy (singer) Brian Edward Patrick Kennedy (born 12 October 1966) is an Irish singer-songwriter and author from Belfast. He scored a number of hit singles and albums in the UK and RoI during the 1990s and 2000s and has represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. He is the younger brother of the late musician Bap Kennedy. Kennedy made his debut in 1988 as a chorus on the recordings of Van Morrison, an Irish singer / songwriter born in Northern Ireland. Kennedy came to prominence as one of Van Morrison's backing singers, appearing on a number of his"
"the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. This is the fourth year in a row that Ireland has failed to qualify for the final. Prior to the 2016 Contest, Ireland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 49 times since its first entry in . Ireland has won the contest a record seven times in total. The country's first win came in 1970, with then-18-year-old Dana winning with ""All Kinds of Everything"". Ireland holds the record for being the only country to win the contest three times in a row (in 1992, 1993 and"
"these albums: Bill Whelan Bill Whelan, (born 22 May 1950 in Limerick, Ireland) is an Irish composer and musician. He is best known for composing a piece for the interval of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. The result, ""Riverdance"", was a seven-minute display of traditional Irish dancing that became a full-length stage production and spawned a worldwide craze for Irish dancing and Celtic music and also won him a Grammy. It was released as a single in the UK in 1994, credited to ""Bill Whelan and Anúna featuring the RTÉ Concert Orchestra"". It reached number 9 and stayed in the"
"""Irelande Douze Pointe"". At Eurovision, he placed 15th in the semi-final, failing to qualify for the final of the contest. Ireland first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1965 and has since entered a total of 41 entries up to 2007 with its 42nd contribution in 2008. Ireland has won the contest seven times in total, with no other country beating or equalling that record. The country's first win came in their sixth entry, in 1970, with then-18-year-old Dana winning with ""All Kinds of Everything"". Ireland holds the record for being the only country to win the country three times"
"Bill Whelan Bill Whelan, (born 22 May 1950 in Limerick, Ireland) is an Irish composer and musician. He is best known for composing a piece for the interval of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. The result, ""Riverdance"", was a seven-minute display of traditional Irish dancing that became a full-length stage production and spawned a worldwide craze for Irish dancing and Celtic music and also won him a Grammy. It was released as a single in the UK in 1994, credited to ""Bill Whelan and Anúna featuring the RTÉ Concert Orchestra"". It reached number 9 and stayed in the charts for"
"even more songs to iTunes that year. After much delay, the EP was released in June 2017. McCahey is continuously gigging as a solo artist and, from time to time, as part of his country group, The Goodgollys. He also continues to upload cover versions of his favourite songs to his Soundcloud account, while still creating original music in the background. It was announced in January 2018 that McCahey was in the running to represent Ireland in the 2018 European Song Contest, competing against past winners Pat Byrne and Keith Hanley. Brendan McCahey Brendan McCahey is an Irish singer-songwriter and"
"in the contest as a soloist and once more as part of the group ""Linda Martin and Friends"". With nine participations, she has been the most frequent entrant in the National Song Contest's history. She won the contest twice, going on to represent Ireland twice at the Eurovision Song Contest. The first of these victories was in 1984 with the song ""Terminal 3"", written by Johnny Logan (under his real name Séan Sherrard). The song came 2nd in the final, being beaten by 8 points. ""Terminal 3"" reached No.7 in the Irish charts. The second victory was in 1992 when"
"represent Ireland at the contest. Apart from Logan, many other artists were popular with the book-makers, including ""You're A Star"" winner Lucia Evans, host of the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 Ronan Keating, as well as winner of the 1992 contest Linda Martin. However, RTÉ announced in November 2006 that they had selected Irish traditional group Dervish to sing for Ireland at the contest. Dervish consists of Cathy Jordan (vocals and bodhrán), Bob The 2nd, (reck the head) Brian McDonagh (mandola), Tom Morrow (fiddle), Michael Homes (bouzouki), Shane Mitchell (accordion) and Liam Kelly (flute and whistle). Songwriters were told that they"
"""Why Me"" (), Niamh Kavanagh with ""In Your Eyes"" () , Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan with ""Rock 'n' Roll Kids"" () and Eimear Quinn with ""The Voice"" (). Johnny Logan is the only performer to have won twice and also wrote the 1992 winning entry. Ireland, who also finished second with Sean Dunphy (), Linda Martin (), Liam Reilly () and Marc Roberts (), has a total of 18 top five results. Since the introduction of the semifinal round in 2004, Ireland has failed to reach the final seven times, and has twice finished last in the final, in"
"Peadar Kearney Peadar Kearney ( ; 12 December 1883 – 24 November 1942) was an Irish republican and composer of numerous rebel songs. In 1907 he wrote the lyrics to ""The Soldier's Song"" (""Amhrán na bhFiann""), now the Irish national anthem. He was the uncle of Irish writers Brendan Behan, Brian Behan, and Dominic Behan. Kearney was born in 1883 at 68 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin, above one of the two grocer's shops owned by his father, John Kearney (1854–1897), originally from Funshog, Collon, County Louth. John's soon after lost his businesses and lived precariously as an insurance agent. Peadar's"
"in total and no other country has equaled or beaten that record. The country's first win came in their sixth entry, in 1970, when then 18-year-old Dana won with ""All Kinds of Everything"". Ireland holds the record for being the only country to win the country three times in a row (in 1992, 1993 and 1994). Ireland also has the only three-time winner (Johnny Logan, who won in 1980 as a singer, 1987 as a singer-songwriter, and again in 1992 as a songwriter). In recent years, however, Ireland's impressive record at Eurovision has taken a turn, with only two Top"
"there. Peadar Kearney Peadar Kearney ( ; 12 December 1883 – 24 November 1942) was an Irish republican and composer of numerous rebel songs. In 1907 he wrote the lyrics to ""The Soldier's Song"" (""Amhrán na bhFiann""), now the Irish national anthem. He was the uncle of Irish writers Brendan Behan, Brian Behan, and Dominic Behan. Kearney was born in 1883 at 68 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin, above one of the two grocer's shops owned by his father, John Kearney (1854–1897), originally from Funshog, Collon, County Louth. John's soon after lost his businesses and lived precariously as an insurance agent."
"which speeds up towards the end. The fourth song, ""Until We Meet Again"", was composed by Malachi Cush, Pam Sheyne, Martin Sutton and Don Mescall and is an up-tempo song, which still includes Irish traditional themes, especially in the use of instruments like the bouzouki, guitar and fiddle. The national final was held on 16 February 2007 on the popular chat-show ""The Late Late Show"", hosted by Pat Kenny (who also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1988). The interval act included Dana singing ""All Kinds of Everything"" (the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1970), Eimear Quinn singing ""The Voice"""
"Ronnie Carroll Ronnie Carroll (born Ronald Cleghorn; 18 August 1934 – 13 April 2015) was a Northern Irish singer, entertainer and political candidate. Carroll was born Ronald Cleghorn in 116 Roslyn Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1934, the son of a plumber. He scored his first hit in 1956 with ""Walk Hand in Hand"" on the Philips label. He is the only singer to have represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest two years in succession. Having taken part in the 1960 UK Eurovision selection contest with the song ""Girl with a Curl"", he returned to win the selection"
"was appointed as Minister of State for Training and Skills. He was dropped from the government in a reshuffle in July 2014. He was appointed as Minister of State for the Diaspora and International Development in June 2017. He called for a ""No"" vote in the 2018 referendum on abortion on the Eighth Amendment. Cannon is a musician and songwriter, and recently collaborated with Irish folk singer Sean Keane and others on songwriting projects. One of Cannon's co-compositions, ""Nature's Little Symphony"", was performed in Dublin by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra as part of the national Cruinniú celebrations on Easter Monday"