Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979

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Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Participating broadcaster

Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ)

Country

Ireland

National selection

Selection process

National final

Selection date(s)

4 February 1979

Selected artist(s)

Cathal Dunne

Selected song

"Happy Man"

Selected songwriter(s)

Cathal Dunne

Finals performance

Final result

5th, 80 points

Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

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1979

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Ireland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 with the song "Happy Man", written and performed by Cathal Dunne. The Irish participating broadcaster, Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

National final

Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ) held the national final on 4 February 1979 in Dublin, broadcast on RTÉ 1 and hosted by Mike Murphy. The winner, which was decided by ten regional juries throughout Ireland, was Cathal Dunne, who previously competed in the 1976 Irish National Final, but came 4th, losing out to Red Hurley who performed the song "When".

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Tweed	"No Restrictions"	4	5
2	Johnny Logan	"Angie"	15	3
3	Anderson	"Goodbye"	3	6
4	The Memories	"The Main Attraction"	13	4
5	Red Hurley and Tina	"Hiding Behind Our Smile"	0	8
6	Cathal Dunne	"Happy Man"	36	1
7	Catriona Walsh	"Superstar"	3	6
8	The Miami Showband	"Too Much Is Going On"	26	2

At Eurovision

Ireland performed 4th in the startfield and finished 5th with 80 points.

Voting

Points awarded to Ireland
Score	Country
12 points
10 points	Belgium Greece
8 points	Sweden
7 points	Luxembourg
6 points	Finland Germany Switzerland
5 points	Denmark Italy Norway Portugal
4 points	United Kingdom
3 points	Israel
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Ireland
Score	Country
12 points	Israel
10 points	Netherlands
8 points	Norway
7 points	United Kingdom
6 points	Sweden
5 points	Germany
4 points	Greece
3 points	Luxembourg
2 points	Denmark
1 point	Switzerland

References

"Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
^ "Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

External links

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Artists	Bambie Thug 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" "Doomsday Blue" "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

Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Countries

Final	Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom
Withdrawn	Turkey

Artists

Final	Black Lace Manuela Bravo Anne-Marie David Dschinghis Khan Cathal Dunne Elpida Ted Gärdestad Katri Helena Micha Marah Matia Bazar Jeane Manson Milk and Honey Betty Missiego Peter, Sue and Marc, Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri Tommy Seebach Christina Simon Anita Skorgan Laurent Vaguener Xandra
Withdrawn	Maria Rita Epik and 21. Peron

Songs

Final	"Colorado" "Disco Tango" "Dschinghis Khan" "Hallelujah" "Happy Man" "Heute in Jerusalem" "Hey Nana" "J'ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux" "Je suis l'enfant soleil" "Katson sineen taivaan" "Mary Ann" "Notre vie c'est la musique" "Oliver" "Raggio di luna" "Satellit" "Sobe, sobe, balão sobe" "Sokrati" "Su canción" "Trödler und Co"
Withdrawn	"Seviyorum"

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