Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966

Eurovision Song Contest 1966

Country

Ireland

National selection

Selection process

National final - juries

Selection date(s)

22 January 1966

Selected entrant

Dickie Rock

Selected song

"Come Back to Stay"

Finals performance

Final result

4th, 14 points

Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

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1966

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The Irish National Final was held on 22 January 1966 by RTÉ TV in Dublin, Brendan O'Reilly was hosting the event. Ireland the winner was chosen by Post Card voting.

National Final

Draw	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Deirdre Wynne	"There's No Sense In Being A Fool"	5	4
2	Dickie Rock	"Come Back to Stay"	1	20
3	The Ludlows	"A Sailor Will Sail"	8	3
4	Butch Moore	"I See Your Face"	10	0
5	Sonny Knowles	"The Menace from Ennis"	10	0
6	Deirdre Wynne	"Why Don't You Say it's So?"	3	8
7	Dickie Rock	"Can't Make Up My Mind"	5	4
8	Butch Moore	"Why Don't You Believe in Her?"	4	7
9	Sonny Knowles	"Chuaigh me Suas Don Chluide Mor"	10	0
10	The Ludlows	"The Winds Thro' the Rafters"	2	9
11	Dickie Rock	"Oh! Why?"	9	1
12	Deirdre Wynne	"Haven't You?"	5	4

Eurovision Final

Ireland started at placement 17th at the end of the startfield and finished 4th place with 14 points.

Points Awarded by Ireland

5 points	United Kingdom
3 points	Switzerland
1 point	Netherlands

Points Awarded to Ireland
5 points	3 points	1 point
France	Belgium Netherlands Yugoslavia

References

Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 ~~1983~~ 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 ~~2002~~ 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Artists

1960s	~~1960 to 1964~~ Butch Moore Dickie Rock Sean Dunphy Pat McGeegan Muriel Day

1970s	Dana Angela Farrell Sandie Jones Maxi Tina Reynolds The Swarbriggs Red Hurley The Swarbriggs Plus Two Colm 'C.T.' Wilkinson Cathal Dunne

1980s	Johnny Logan Sheeba The Duskeys ~~1983~~ Linda Martin Maria Christian Luv Bug Johnny Logan Jump the Gun Kiev Connolly & The Missing Passengers

1990s	Liam Reilly Kim Jackson Linda Martin Niamh Kavanagh Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan Eddie Friel Eimear Quinn Marc Roberts Dawn Martin The Mullans

2000s	Eamonn Toal Gary O'Shaughnessy ~~2002~~ Mickey Harte Chris Doran Donna and Joe Brian Kennedy Dervish Dustin the Turkey Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy

2010s	Niamh Kavanagh Jedward Ryan Dolan Can-linn feat. Kasey Smith Molly Sterling Nicky Byrne

Songs

1960s	~~1960 to 1964~~ "Walking the Streets in the Rain" "Come Back to Stay" "If I Could Choose" "Chance of a Lifetime" "The Wages of Love"

1970s	"All Kinds of Everything" "One Day Love" "Ceol an Ghrá" "Do I Dream" "Cross Your Heart" "That's What Friends Are For" "When" "It's Nice To Be In Love Again" "Born to Sing" "Happy Man"

1980s	"What's Another Year?" "Horoscopes" "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" ~~1983~~ "Terminal 3" "Wait Until the Weekend Comes" "You Can Count On Me" "Hold Me Now" "Take Him Home" "The Real Me"

1990s	"Somewhere In Europe" "Could It Be That I'm In Love" "Why Me?" "In Your Eyes" "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" "Dreamin'" "The Voice" "Mysterious Woman" "Is Always Over Now?" "When You Need Me"

2000s	"Millennium of Love" "Without Your Love" ~~2002~~ "We've Got the World" "If My World Stopped Turning" "Love?" "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" "They Can't Stop the Spring" "Irelande Douze Pointe" "Et Cetera"

2010s	"It's for You" "Lipstick" "Waterline" "Only Love Survives" "Heartbeat" "Playing with Numbers" "Sunlight"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Ireland did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 1966

Countries

Final (by final results)	Austria (winner) Sweden Norway Belgium Ireland Switzerland Yugoslavia Spain United Kingdom Germany Luxembourg Finland Portugal Denmark Netherlands France Monaco Italy

Artists

Final (by final results)	Udo Jürgens Lill Lindfors & Svante Thuresson Åse Kleveland Tonia Dickie Rock Madeleine Pascal Berta Ambrož Raphael Kenneth McKellar Margot Eskens Michèle Torr Ann Christine Madalena Iglésias Ulla Pia Milly Scott Dominique Walter Tereza Kesovija Domenico Modugno

Songs

Final (by final results)	"Merci, Chérie" "Nygammal vals" "Intet er nytt under solen" "Un peu de poivre, un peu de sel" "Come Back to Stay" "Ne vois-tu pas?" "Brez besed" "Yo soy aquél" "A Man Without Love" "Die Zeiger der Uhr" "Ce soir je t'attendais" "Playboy" "Ele e ela" "Stop - mens legen er go'" "Fernando en Filippo" "Chez nous" "Bien plus fort" "Dio, come ti amo"

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