Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966

Eurovision Song Contest 1966
Eurovision Song Contest 1966
Participating broadcaster	Radio Éireann (RÉ)
Country	Ireland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	25 January 1966
Selected artist(s)	Dickie Rock
Selected song	"Come Back to Stay"
Selected songwriter(s)	Rowland Soper
Finals performance
Final result	4th, 14 points
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Ireland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 with the song "Come Back to Stay", written by Rowland Soper, and performed by Dickie Rock. The Irish participating broadcaster, Radio Éireann (RÉ), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

National final

The Irish National Final was held on Tuesday 25 January 1966 by RÉ TV in Dublin. Brendan O'Reilly was the host.

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 I Believe In Her?"	4	7
9	Sonny Knowles	"Chuaigh Mé Suas Don Chluiche Mór"	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

At Eurovision

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

Voting

Points awarded to Ireland^[1]
Score	Country
5 points	France
3 points	Belgium Netherlands Yugoslavia
1 point

Points awarded by Ireland^[1]
Score	Country
5 points	United Kingdom
3 points	Switzerland
1 point	Netherlands

References

^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1966". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

[1966detailed-1] "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1966". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

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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	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

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Countries	Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Berta Ambrož Margot Eskens Madalena Iglésias Udo Jürgens Tereza Kesovija Åse Kleveland Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson Kenneth McKellar Domenico Modugno Ann-Christine Nyström Madeleine Pascal Raphael Dickie Rock Milly Scott Tonia Michèle Torr Ulla Pia Dominique Walter
Songs	"Bien plus fort" "Brez besed" "Ce soir je t'attendais" "Chez nous" "Come Back to Stay" "Dio, come ti amo" "Ele e ela" "Fernando en Filippo" "Intet er nytt under solen" "A Man Without Love" "Merci, Chérie" "Ne vois-tu pas ?" "Nygammal vals" "Un peu de poivre, un peu de sel" "Playboy" "Stop - mens legen er go'" "Yo soy aquél" "Die Zeiger der Uhr"