Year: | 1967 |
Country: | Ireland |
Preselection: | Postcard voting |
Preselection Date: | 12 February 1967 |
Entrant: | Sean Dunphy |
Song: | If I Could Choose |
Final Result: | 2nd, 22 points |
Ireland was represented by Sean Dunphy, with the song "If I Could Choose", at the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 8 April in Vienna. The song was chosen in the third National Song Contest held on 12 February 1967 by RTÉ TV in Dublin, Ireland.
RTÉ asked 30 composers to submit entries, from which 10 would be chosen to compete. RTÉ asked for songs with "a distinct Irish flavour with lyrics in Irish or English.[1] Ultimately, only 9 songs were chosen for the contest.[2]
The third edition of the National Song Contest was hosted by Brendan O'Reilly on 12 February 1967 at the studios of RTÉ in Dublin. The winner was chosen by postcard voting and the results were revealed on 19 February 1967.[3] [4]
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriters | Place | Votes | |
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1 | Patricia Cahill | "Back to the Hills" | Sean Bonner | 2 | 13,951 | |
2 | Johnny McEvoy | "Over the Hill" | Rick Walsh | 5 | 2,920 | |
3 | Aedín Ní Choileáin | "Inisheer" | Gene Martin, Moira Moloney | 8 | 457 | |
4 | Deirdre O'Callaghan | "The World Outside" | Bill Somerville-Large, Michael Bogdanov | 7 | 1,182 | |
5 | Sean Dunphy | "If I Could Choose" | Wesley Burrowes, Michael Coffey | 1 | 16,723 | |
6 | Patricia Cahill | "Canavaun" | Sheila Fawsitt-Stewart | 4 | 3,172 | |
7 | Aedín Ní Choileáin | "Never More Be Leaving" | Bill Skinner, Carolyn Swift | 6 | 1,677 | |
8 | Johnny McEvoy | "Somebody of My Own" | Jim Doherty | 3 | 11,682 | |
9 | Deirdre O'Callaghan | "Far Away" | Ita Beausang | 9 | 306 |
Ireland performed in 17th position (after Italy) of the 17 entries and finished in 2nd place with 22 points.