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Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967

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{{Infobox song contest national year

| Year = 1967

| Broadcaster = {{lang|ga|Radio Telefís Éireann|i=no}} (RTÉ)

| Country = Ireland

| Selection process = National Song Contest

| Selection date = 19 February 1967

| announcement = y

| Song = If I Could Choose

| Artist = Sean Dunphy

| Writer = {{unbulleted list|Michael Coffey|Wesley Burrowes}}

| Final result = 2nd, 22 points

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Ireland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 with the song "If I Could Choose", composed by Michael Coffey, with lyrics by Wesley Burrowes, and performed by Sean Dunphy. The Irish participating broadcaster, {{lang|ga|Radio Telefís Éireann|i=no}} (RTÉ), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

=National Song Contest=

== Competing entries ==

{{lang|ga|Radio Telefís Éireann|i=no}} (RTÉ) asked thirty composers to submit entries, from which ten would be chosen to compete. RTÉ asked for songs with "a distinct Irish flavour with lyrics in Irish or English.{{Cite news |date=17 December 1966 |title=Song Contest |work=The Irish Times |pages=11}} Ultimately, only nine songs were chosen for the contest.{{cite news |title=Nine songs, five singers for RTE National Song Contest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/irish-independent-nine-songs-five-singe/169255013/ |access-date=31 March 2025 |work=Irish Independent |date=14 January 1967 |location=Dublin, Ireland |page=9 |via=Newspapers.com}}

== Final ==

The third edition of the National Song Contest was hosted by Brendan O'Reilly on 12 February 1967 at the television studios of RTÉ in Dublin. The winner was chosen by postcard voting and the results were revealed on 19 February 1967.{{Cite news |last=Gray |first=Ken |date=16 February 1967 |title=The RTE Song Contest |work=The Irish Times |pages=12}}{{Cite news |date=18 February 1967 |title=Tomorrow |work=The Irish Times |pages=15}}

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|+ Final - 12 February 1967{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

Draw

! Artist

! Song

! Songwriters

! Place

! Votes

1

| Patricia Cahill

| "Back to the Hills"

| Sean Bonner

| 2

| 13,951

2

| Johnny McEvoy

| "Over the Hill"

| Rick Walsh

| 5

| 2,920

3

| Aedín Ní Choileáin

| "Inisheer"

| Gene Martin, Moira Moloney

| 8

| 457

4

| Deirdre O'Callaghan

| "The World Outside"

| Bill Somerville-Large, Michael Bogdanov

| 7

| 1,182

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| 5

| Sean Dunphy

| "If I Could Choose"

| Wesley Burrowes, Michael Coffey

| 1

| 16,723

6

| Patricia Cahill

| "Canavaun"

| Sheila Fawsitt-Stewart

| 4

| 3,172

7

| Aedín Ní Choileáin

| "Never More Be Leaving"

| Bill Skinner, Carolyn Swift

| 6

| 1,677

8

| Johnny McEvoy

| "Somebody of My Own"

| Jim Doherty

| 3

| 11,682

9

| Deirdre O'Callaghan

| "Far Away"

| Ita Beausang

| 9

| 306

At Eurovision

The contest was broadcast on RTÉ with commentary by Brendan O'Reilly, and on RTÉ Radio with commentary by Kevin Roche.{{cite magazine |title=Telefis – Saturday |magazine=RTÉ Guide |volume=4 |issue=14 |page=10 |date=31 March 1967}}{{cite magazine |title=RTÉ – Radio |magazine=RTÉ Guide |volume=4 |issue=14 |page=10 |date=31 March 1967}}

Ireland performed in 17th position (after Italy) of the 17 entries and finished in 2nd place with 22 points.

= Voting =

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+ Points awarded to Ireland{{cite web |title=Results of the Final of Vienna 1967 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/vienna-1967/final/results/ireland |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest |access-date=7 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407173435/https://eurovision.tv/event/vienna-1967/final/results/ireland |archive-date=7 April 2021 |url-status=live}}
scope="col" width=20% | Score

! scope="col" | Country

scope="row" | 4 points

| {{Esc|Germany|y=1967}}

scope="row" | 3 points

| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Austria|y=1967}}|{{Esc|Belgium|y=1967}}}}

scope="row" | 2 points

| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Finland|y=1967}}|{{Esc|Monaco|y=1967}}|{{Esc|Sweden|y=1967}}|{{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1967}}}}

scope="row" | 1 point

| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Italy|y=1967}}|{{Esc|Luxembourg|y=1967}}|{{Esc|Portugal|y=1967}}|{{Esc|Yugoslavia|y=1967}}}}

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+ Points awarded by Ireland
scope="col" width=20% | Score

! scope="col" | Country

scope="row" | 2 points

| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Luxembourg|y=1967}}|{{Esc|Sweden|y=1967}}}}

scope="row" | 1 point

| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Belgium|y=1967}}|{{Esc|France|y=1967}}|{{Esc|Germany|y=1967}}|{{Esc|Italy|y=1967}}|{{Esc|Netherlands|y=1967}}|{{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1967}}}}

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References

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{{Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest}}

{{Eurovision Song Contest 1967}}

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