Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966

Ireland in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1966
Ireland in the; Eurovision Song Contest 1966
Eurovision Song Contest 1966
Participating broadcaster	Radio Éireann (RÉ)
Country	Ireland
Selection process	National Song Contest
Selection date	25 January 1966
Competing entry
Song	"Come Back to Stay"
Artist	Dickie Rock
Songwriter	Rowland Soper
Placement
Final result	4th, 14 points
Participation chronology

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 Song Contest

The second edition of the National Song Contest was held on Tuesday 25 January 1966 by RÉ TV in Dublin. 12 songs were drawn out of the 500 songs that were submitted. Brendan O'Reilly was the host. The national final was broadcast on Telefís Éireann and Radió Éireann.^[1]

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^[2]
Score	Country
5 points	France
3 points	Belgium Netherlands Yugoslavia
1 point

Points awarded by Ireland^[2]
Score	Country
5 points	United Kingdom
3 points	Switzerland
1 point	Netherlands

References

^ "TV :: Today's Programmes :: Radio". Irish Independent. Dublin, Ireland. 25 January 1966. p. 6. Retrieved 26 March 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1966". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

[1] "TV :: Today's Programmes :: Radio". Irish Independent. Dublin, Ireland. 25 January 1966. p. 6. Retrieved 26 March 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

[1966detailed-2] "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1966". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

[1]

[2]