Ireland was represented by Sean Dunphy , with the song "If I Could Choose", at the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest , which took place on 8 April in Vienna . The song was chosen in the third National Song Contest held on 12 February 1967 by RTÉ TV in Dublin, Ireland .
National Song Contest [ edit ] RTÉ asked 30 composers to submit entries, from which 10 would be chosen to compete. RTÉ asked for songs with "a distinct Irish flavour with lyrics in Irish or English.[ 1] Ultimately, only 9 songs were chosen for the contest.[ 2]
The third edition of the National Song Contest was hosted by Brendan O'Reilly on 12 February 1967 at the studios of RTÉ in Dublin . The winner was chosen by postcard voting and the results were revealed on 19 February 1967.[ 3] [ 4]
Final - 12 February 1967
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
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
Ireland performed in 17th position (after Italy) of the 17 entries and finished in 2nd place with 22 points.
Points awarded to Ireland[ 5]
Score
Country
4 points
Germany
3 points
2 points
1 point
Points awarded by Ireland[ 5]
Score
Country
2 points
1 point
^ "Song Contest". The Irish Times . 17 December 1966. p. 11.
^ "Television". The Irish Times . 11 February 1967. p. 10.
^ Gray, Ken (16 February 1967). "The RTE Song Contest". The Irish Times . p. 12.
^ "Tomorrow". The Irish Times . 18 February 1967. p. 15.
^ a b "Results of the Final of Vienna 1967" . Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021 .
Participation Artists Songs Note: Entries scored out signify where Ireland did not compete
Countries Artists Songs
"L'amour est bleu "
"Anouschka "
"Boum-Badaboum "
"Dukkemann "
"Hablemos del amor "
"If I Could Choose"
"Ik heb zorgen "
"Il doit faire beau là-bas "
"Non andare più lontano "
"Puppet on a String "
"Quel cœur vas-tu briser ? "
"Ring-dinge-ding "
"Som en dröm "
"Varjoon – suojaan "
"O vento mudou "
"Vse rože sveta "
"Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt "