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| Castlebar Song Contest | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Song competition |
| Created by | Castlebar Chamber of Commerce |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Original languages | English; Irish |
| Original release | |
| Network | RTÉ, RTÉ Radio 1 |
| Release | 1966 – 1988 |
The Castlebar Song Contest was an annual international song contest that was first staged in 1966[1][2] in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland. The contest was initially organised by the Castlebar Chamber of Commerce as part of a drive to increase tourism in the town.[3][4] It was hoped that the competition would produce a song that would make the town famous,[3][4] just as songs such as "The Rose of Tralee", "Galway Bay", or "Mary from Dungloe" had done for their respective towns. The first contest had 70 entries from the UK and Ireland, and the final was hosted by Gay Byrne.[3][4] The winning song bore the Irish version of the town's name, Caisleán A' Bharraigh.[4]
After the first contest, the emphasis changed from finding a song named after the town to one of promoting the town through attracting composers, of various genres,[3] from all over the world to the town. This strategy was successful and the town (and some of the neighbouring towns) were thronged with contest participants for the first week of October for the remainder of the contest's life. From humble beginnings with a mere £50 in prizes,[4] the event grew in status to a point where its prize money at £20,000 was bettered only by the Yamaha Song Contest in Japan.[5]
In 1981, the future of the song contest became political when it was debated in Dáil Éireann.[6]
In 1970, the contest was recorded for television by RTÉ (the national television station) and transmitted on the following Sunday. The 1971 and 1973 contests were similarly recorded and shown later. However, the 1974 contest was broadcast live from the Old Royal Ballroom and Theatre[7] and Travellers Friend Hotel[8] in Castlebar nationally on RTÉ. Apart from 1987, when there was no contest, the event enjoyed live television coverage from 1974 until the event finished in 1988.[5] James Haldane O'Hare was the TV Designer for RTÉ for the majority of the broadcasts.[1]
| Year | Section | Composer | Singer(s) | Song title | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Overall | Sheila Fawsitt-Stewart | Dragoons | "Caisleán A' Bharraigh"[4] |  Ireland
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| 1967 | Folk/Ballad | Peter McKenzie | McLoughlin Folk Group | "Where Did They Go" | Ireland
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| Pop | Vera Traynor | Butch Moore | "No One Else" | Ireland
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| Straight | Andy Galligan | Joan Connolly | "One and One" | Ireland
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| 1968 | Folk/Ballad | Joe Burkett/Tony Hyland | City Folk | "Dividing Line" | Ireland
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| Pop | Eileen Coyle | Tony Keeling | "The World is Ours Today" | Ireland
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| Straight | Sean Sharkey/Eddie Masterson | Pat Lynch & Airchords | "Reflections of You" | Ireland
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| 1969 | Folk/Ballad | Ruth Kiernan | Tara Folk | "Soldier Boy" | Ireland
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| Pop | Mai O'Higgins/John McBreen | Gary Street & Fairways | "Jodi" | Ireland
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| Straight | Pat Walsh | Joe Doherty & Millionaires | "A Country & Western Song" | Ireland
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| 1970 | Folk/Ballad | Noel and Alan Connaughton | Melody Fayre | "Mary I'm Nay Leaving You" | Ireland
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| Pop | John Lavery | Gerry & Ohio | "One Step Away" | Ireland
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| Straight | Seamus McHugh/John Fahy | Red Hurley | "The World Is Such An Empty Place"[9] | Ireland
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| 1971 | Folk/Ballad | Vic Dawton | Joe Cuddy | "Diana of the Roses" |  England
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| Pop | Michael Murphy | La Salle | "Feeling I've Got It Made"[5] | Ireland
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| Country | Donal McGrath/K. Doohan | Ian Corrigan | "Slumbering Goldmine" | Ireland
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| Overall | Michael Murphy | La Salle | "Feeling I've Got It Made"[5] | Ireland
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| 1972 | Folk/Ballad | Sheila Roberts | Frank Holder | "Song for Jenny" | Ireland
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| Pop | Dick Farrelly | Mary Lou | "That's What Love Is Made Of" | Ireland
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| Country | Teresa O'Donnell | Gerry Cronin | "He Travels Fastest" | Ireland
| |
| Straight | Pat Coyle | Helen Jordan | "Shall I Ride" | Ireland
| |
| Overall | Sheila Roberts | Frank Holder | "Song for Jenny" | Ireland
| |
| 1973 | Overall | Vince Hill/Ernie Dunstall | Joe Cuddy | "I'm Gonna Make It" | England
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| 1974 | Overall | Cathal Dunne | Cathal Dunne | "Shalom" | Ireland
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| Country | Tibor Koncz/Iván Szenes | Kati Kovács | "Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue"[3] |  Hungary
| |
| 1975 | Overall | Joe Burkett/Andy Galligan | Des Smyth | "Roulette" | Ireland
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| 1976 | Joint Winners | Ray Davies Teresa O'Donnell/Joe Bollard |
Tony Steven T. O'Donnell/Joe Bollard |
"My Woman" "Let's Star All Over" |
England
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| 1977 | Overall | John Brown | John Brown/Mary Clifford | "You are My Destiny" | Ireland
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| 1978 | Overall | Sarah Byron/Liam Hurley | Sarah Bryan | "Onion" | England
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| 1979 | Overall | Zack Laurence/Paul Ferguson | Kim Goody | "Talkin' to a Stone" | England
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| 1980 | Overall | Ed Welch/Barry Mason | Linda Jardim | "Don't Stay for the Sake of the Children" | England
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| 1981 | Overall | Miki Antony/Robin Smith | Carol Kenyon | "I Wasn't Born Yesterday" | England
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| 1982 | Overall | Barry Mason/Don Gould | Barry Mason | "Big Enough for Me & You" | England
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| 1983 | Overall | Shay Healy | Linda Martin | "Edge of the Universe" | Ireland
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| 1984 | Overall | Brian O'Reilly | Brian O'Reilly | "Spread Your Wings" | Ireland
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| 1985 | Overall | Ulf Nordquist | Sten & Stanley | "Don't Play A Sad Song After Midnight"[10] |  Sweden
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| 1986 | Overall | Tim Norell & Ola Håkonsson | KATZ | "Oh, Johnny Dance With Me Tonight" | Sweden
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| 1988 | Overall | Brendan Graham | Linda Martin | "If I Should Ever Lose Your Love" | Ireland
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The Castlebar Song Contest was an annual international song contest that was first staged in 1966 in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland. The contest was initially organised by the Castlebar Chamber of Commerce as part of a drive to increase tourism in the town. It was hoped that the competition would produce a song that would make the town famous, just as songs such as "The Rose of Tralee", "Galway Bay", or "Mary from Dungloe" had done for their respective towns. The first contest had 70 entries from the UK and Ireland, and the final was hosted by Gay Byrne. The winning song bore the Irish version of the town's name, Caisleán A' Bharraigh.
Sten & Stanley are a dansband from Karlskoga, Sweden. Established in 1962, the band has scored several Svensktoppen hits, including their signature song "Jag vill vara din, Margareta". Their hit song "Dra dit pepparn växer" was translated into English and won the Castlebar Song Contest in 1985.
Sir Michael Terence Wogan (; 3 August 1938 – 31 January 2016) was an Irish radio and television broadcaster who worked for the BBC in Britain for most of his career. Between 1993 and his semi-retirement in 2009, his BBC Radio 2 weekday breakfast programme Wake Up to Wogan regularly drew an estimated eight million listeners. He was believed to be the most listened-to radio broadcaster in Europe. Wogan was a leading media personality in Ireland and Britain from the late 1960s and was often referred to as a "national treasure". In addition to his weekday radio show, he was known for his work on television, including the BBC1 chat show Wogan, presenting Children in Need, the game show Blankety Blank and Come Dancing. He was the BBC's commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest from 1971 to 2008 (radio: 1971, 1974–1977; television: 1973, 1978, 1980–2008) and the Contest's co-host in 1998. He also presented the BBC's blooper show, Auntie's Bloomers, between 1991 and 2001. In recognition of his television career, in 2006, the British public ranked him number 21 in ITV's poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars. In 2005, Wogan acquired British citizenship in addition to his Irish nationality and was awarded a knighthood in the same year and was therefore entitled to use the title "Sir". He presented Weekend Wogan, a two-hour Sunday morning show on Radio 2, from 2010 until his final show on Remembrance Sunday 2015 when his health was beginning to decline. He died on 31 January 2016, aged 77.
Linda Martin (born 27 March 1952) is a singer and television presenter from Northern Ireland. She is best known as the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 during which she represented Ireland with the song "Why Me?", the first of a record three consecutive wins by Ireland. She is also known within Ireland as a member of the band Chips.
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