Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976

Ireland was represented by Red Hurley, with the song '"When", at the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 3 April in The Hague. "When" was chosen as the Irish entry at the national final on 8 February.

Eurovision Song Contest 1976
Country Ireland
National selection
Selection processNational Final
Selection date(s)8 February 1976
Selected entrantRed Hurley
Selected song"When"
Finals performance
Final result10th, 54 points
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

National final

The final was held at the studios of broadcaster RTÉ in Dublin, hosted by Mike Murphy. Eight songs took part, with the winner chosen by voting from eight regional juries.

Other participants included past and future Irish representatives The Swarbriggs (1975 & 1977), Cathal Dunne (1979) and 1992 Eurovision winner Linda Martin, who performed as a member of the group Chips.[1]

Final – 8 February 1976
Draw Artist Song (English translation) Points Place
1 MacWilliams "Old Fashioned Song" 4 6
2 Cahir O'Doherty "If I Had Your Love" 0 7
3 Mary Clifford "Cá bhfuil Grá?" (Where is love?) 12 3
4 The Swarbriggs "The Way of Love" 6 5
5 Chips "We Can Fly" 16 2
6 Red Hurley "When" 32 1
7 Trinity "Cé'n Fáth Atáim i nGrá?" (Why am I in love?) 0 7
8 Cathal Dunne "Danny" 10 4

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Hurley performed 7th in the running order, following Belgium and preceding the Netherlands. At the close of voting, "When" had picked up 54 points, placing Ireland 10th of the 18 entries. Ireland received one maximum 12 from Italy, which the Irish jury reciprocated by awarding their 12 to the Italian song – oddly, neither country received a maximum vote from any other national jury.[2]

Points awarded by Ireland
12 points Italy
10 points Austria
8 points Monaco
7 points France
6 points Luxembourg
5 points Finland
4 points Israel
3 points United Kingdom
2 points Netherlands
1 point  Switzerland

Points awarded to Ireland
Points awarded to Ireland
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
  1. ESC National Finals database 1976
  2. ESC History – Ireland 1976
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