Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

|

Eurovision Song Contest 1968

Country|  Ireland
National selection
Selection process| National final
Selection date(s)| 3 March 1968
Selected entrant| Pat McGeegan
Selected song| "Chance of a Lifetime"
Selected songwriter(s)| John Kennedy
Finals performance
Final result| 4th, 18 points
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
| ◄1967 • | 1968 | • 1969►

|
|

The contestants in the Irish National Final were decided by two semi-finals, where three were chosen from the first which was held on 6 February with the second being held on 20 February. The Final was held on 3 March 1968 and was broadcast on RTÉ TV in Dublin, Ireland. All three shows were hosted by Brendan O'Reilly.

## Before Eurovision[edit]

### National final[edit]

#### First semi-final[edit]

The first Semi-final was held on 6 February.

Draw | Artist | Song

|
|

1 | Tony Kenny | "Bright Butterfly"
2  | Joan Connolly  | "Grown Up World"
3 | Pat Lynch | "Kinsale"
4 | Tina | "One Love Two"
5 | Dawn Knight | "Why"
6  | Deirdre Wynne  | "Woman Beside the Phone"
7  | Frankie McBride  | "You're Not There at All"

#### Second semi-final[edit]

The second Semi-final took place on 20 February.

Draw | Artist | Song

|
|

1  | Anne Bushnell  | "Ballad to a Boy"
2 | Pat McGeegan | "Chance of a Lifetime"
3 | Alma Carroll | "Give Me All Your Love"
4 | Anna McGoldrick | "Gleann Na Smól"
5  | Tommy Drennan  | "If You Love Me"
6  | Roly Daniels  | "Look for Love"
7 | Frances McDermott | "Since the Spring"
8  | Gregory  | "You Can't Have Everything"

#### Final[edit]

The Irish National Final was held on 3 March.

Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place

|
|
|
|

1  | Anna McGoldrick  | "Gleann Na Smól"  | 4  | 5
2  | Tony Kenny  | "Bright Butterfly"  | 0  | 7
3  | Frances McDermott  | "Since the Spring"  | 2[1] | 6
4 | Pat McGeegan | "Chance of a Lifetime"  | 15 | 1
5  | Tina  | "One Love Two"  | 13  | 3
6  | Pat Lynch  | "Kinsale"  | 14  | 2
7  | Alma Carroll  | "Give Me All Your Love"  | 12  | 4

## At Eurovision[edit]

Ireland started at number 14 in the startfield and finished 4th with 18 points.

### Voting[edit]

Points awarded to Ireland[2] | Score  | Country

|

6 points  |  Yugoslavia
4 points  |

* Austria
* Sweden

1 point  |

* Belgium
* Luxembourg
* Netherlands
* Portugal

Points awarded by Ireland[2] | Score  | Country

|

4 points  |  Sweden
3 points  |  Yugoslavia
1 point  |

* Monaco
* Spain
* United Kingdom

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Photographic image" (JPG). Stillslibrary.rte.ie. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
2. ^ a b "Results of the Final of London 1968". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

## External links[edit]

* Eurovision Song Contest : National Final : Ireland 1968
* Irish National Final 1968 - Geocities.com
* Irish National Semi-Finals 1968 - Geocities.com

* v
* t
* e

Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

* Eurosong
* You're a Star

Participation|

* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Artists|

* Black Daisy
* Brooke
* Nicky Byrne
* Can-linn
* Maria Christian
* Kiev Connolly
* Dana
* Muriel Day
* Dervish
* Ryan Dolan
* Donna and Joe
* Chris Doran
* Cathal Dunne
* Sean Dunphy
* The Duskeys
* Dustin the Turkey
* Angela Farrell
* Eddie Friel
* Paul Harrington
* Mickey Harte
* Red Hurley
* Kim Jackson
* Jedward
* Sandie Jones
* Jump the Gun
* Niamh Kavanagh
* Brian Kennedy
* The Lindsays
* Johnny Logan
* Luv Bug
* Dawn Martin
* Linda Martin
* Maxi
* Pat McGeegan
* Charlie McGettigan
* Sarah McTernan
* The Missing Passengers
* Butch Moore
* The Mullans
* Sinéad Mulvey
* Brendan Murray
* Gary O'Shaughnessy
* Ryan O'Shaughnessy
* Eimear Quinn
* Liam Reilly
* Tina Reynolds
* Marc Roberts
* Dickie Rock
* Lesley Roy
* Sheeba
* Kasey Smith
* Molly Sterling
* The Swarbriggs
* Eamonn Toal
* Wild Youth
* Colm C.T. Wilkinson

Songs|

* "22"
* "All Kinds of Everything"
* "Born to Sing"
* "Ceol an Ghrá"
* "Chance of a Lifetime"
* "Come Back to Stay"
* "Could It Be That I'm in Love"
* "Cross Your Heart"
* "Do I Dream"
* "Dreamin'"
* "Dying to Try"
* "Et Cetera"
* "Every Song Is a Cry for Love"
* "Happy Man"
* "Heartbeat"
* "Here Today Gone Tomorrow"
* "Hold Me Now"
* "Horoscopes"
* "If I Could Choose"
* "If My World Stopped Turning"
* "In Your Eyes"
* "Irelande Douze Pointe"
* "Is Always Over Now?"
* "It's for You"
* "It's Nice to Be in Love Again"
* "Lipstick"
* "Love?"
* "Maps"
* "Millennium of Love"
* "Mysterious Woman"
* "One Day Love"
* "Only Love Survives"
* "Playing with Numbers"
* "The Real Me"
* "Rock 'n' Roll Kids"
* "Somewhere in Europe"
* ~~"Story of My Life"~~
* "Sunlight"
* "Take Him Home"
* "Terminal 3"
* "That's Rich"
* "That's What Friends Are For"
* "They Can't Stop the Spring"
* "Together"
* "The Voice"
* "The Wages of Love"
* "Wait Until the Weekend Comes"
* "Walking the Streets in the Rain"
* "Waterline"
* "We Are One"
* "We've Got the World"
* "What's Another Year"
* "When"
* "When You Need Me"
* "Why Me?"
* "Without Your Love"
* "You Can Count On Me"

* Note: Entries scored out signify where Ireland did not compete

* v
* t
* e

Eurovision Song Contest 1968

Countries|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Ireland
* Italy
* Luxembourg
* Monaco
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Portugal
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* United Kingdom
* Yugoslavia

Artists|

* Isabelle Aubret
* Chris Baldo and Sophie Garel
* Odd Børre
* Luci Capurso and Hamo Hajdarhodžić
* Sergio Endrigo
* Karel Gott
* Kristina Hautala
* Claes-Göran Hederström
* Line and Willy
* Claude Lombard
* Gianni Mascolo
* Massiel
* Pat McGeegan
* Carlos Mendes
* Wencke Myhre
* Cliff Richard
* Ronnie Tober

Songs|

* "À chacun sa chanson"
* "Chance of a Lifetime"
* "Congratulations"
* "Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mej"
* "Guardando il sole"
* "Ein Hoch der Liebe"
* "Jedan dan"
* "Kun kello käy"
* "La La La"
* "Marianne"
* "Morgen"
* "Nous vivrons d'amour"
* "Quand tu reviendras"
* "La Source"
* "Stress"
* "Tausend Fenster"
* "Verão"

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template