Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967


Ireland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 with the song "If I Could Choose", composed by Michael Coffey, with lyrics by Wesley Burrowes, and performed by Sean Dunphy. The Irish participating broadcaster, RTÉ, selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

National Song Contest

Competing entries

RTÉ asked thirty composers to submit entries, from which ten would be chosen to compete. RTÉ asked for songs with "a distinct Irish flavour with lyrics in Irish or English. Ultimately, only nine songs were chosen for the contest.

Final

The third edition of the National Song Contest was hosted by Brendan O'Reilly on 12 February 1967 at the television studios of RTÉ in Dublin. The winner was chosen by postcard voting and the results were revealed on 19 February 1967.
DrawArtistSongSongwritersPlaceVotes
1Patricia Cahill"Back to the Hills"Sean Bonner213,951
2Johnny McEvoy"Over the Hill"Rick Walsh52,920
3Aedín Ní Choileáin"Inisheer"Gene Martin, Moira Moloney8457
4Deirdre O'Callaghan"The World Outside"Bill Somerville-Large, Michael Bogdanov71,182
5Sean Dunphy"If I Could Choose"Wesley Burrowes, Michael Coffey116,723
6Patricia Cahill"Canavaun"Sheila Fawsitt-Stewart43,172
7Aedín Ní Choileáin"Never More Be Leaving"Bill Skinner, Carolyn Swift61,677
8Johnny McEvoy"Somebody of My Own"Jim Doherty311,682
9Deirdre O'Callaghan"Far Away"Ita Beausang9306

At Eurovision

The contest was broadcast on RTÉ with commentary by Brendan O'Reilly, and on RTÉ Radio with commentary by Kevin Roche.
Ireland performed in 17th position of the 17 entries and finished in 2nd place with 22 points.

Voting

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