Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965

Eurovision Song Contest 1965
Eurovision Song Contest 1965
Country	Ireland
National selection
Selection process	National final - juries
Selected entrant	Butch Moore
Selected song	"I'm Walking the Streets in the Rain"
Finals performance
Final result	6th, 11 points
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Ireland was represented by Butch Moore, with the song '"I'm Walking the Streets in the Rain", at the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 20 March in Naples. This was Ireland's first time to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest.

National final

The final was held at the studios of broadcaster RTÉ in Dublin, hosted by Bunny Carr. Twelve songs took part, with the winner chosen by voting from twelve regional juries. Other participants included future Irish representative Dickie Rock (1966).

Draw	Artist	Song	Place
1	Frances McDermott	"Another Day, Another Dream"	6
2	Joan Connolly	"Another Star, Another Tear"	3
3	Paul Russel	"Concerto of Love"	-
4	Unknown Artist	"House on the Hill"	-
5	Butch Moore	"I'm Walking the Streets in the Rain"	1
6	Patricia Cahill	"I Stand Still"	2
7	Dickie Rock	"I Still Love You"	7
8	Jim Doherty Trio	"Love Me Truly"	-
9	Unknown Artist	"On Such a Night"	-
10	Brendan Bowyer	"Suddenly I'm in Love"	5
11	John Keogh	"Yesterday's Dream"	3
12	Unknown Artist	"You Said You Loved Me"	-

Eurovision Final

Ireland performed 4th at the beginning of the startfield. Ireland finished 6th with 11 points.

Points awarded by Ireland

5 points	Austria
3 points	Luxembourg
1 point	France

Points awarded to Ireland
5 points	3 points	1 point
Italy	Portugal Yugoslavia

References

Eurovision Song Contest : National Final : Ireland 1965 - ESC-History.com

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Participation	1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
Artists	Bambie Thug Black Daisy Brooke Nicky Byrne Can-linn Maria Christian Kiev Connolly Dana Muriel Day Dervish Ryan Dolan Donna and Joe Chris Doran Cathal Dunne Sean Dunphy The Duskeys Dustin the Turkey Angela Farrell Eddie Friel Paul Harrington Mickey Harte Red Hurley Kim Jackson Jedward Sandie Jones Jump the Gun Niamh Kavanagh Brian Kennedy The Lindsays Johnny Logan Luv Bug Dawn Martin Linda Martin Maxi Pat McGeegan Charlie McGettigan Sarah McTernan The Missing Passengers Butch Moore The Mullans Sinéad Mulvey Brendan Murray Gary O'Shaughnessy Ryan O'Shaughnessy Eimear Quinn Liam Reilly Tina Reynolds Marc Roberts Dickie Rock Lesley Roy Sheeba Kasey Smith Molly Sterling The Swarbriggs Eamonn Toal Wild Youth Colm C.T. Wilkinson
Songs	"22" "All Kinds of Everything" "Born to Sing" "Ceol an Ghrá" "Chance of a Lifetime" "Come Back to Stay" "Could It Be That I'm in Love" "Cross Your Heart" "Do I Dream" "Doomsday Blue" "Dreamin'" "Dying to Try" "Et Cetera" "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" "Happy Man" "Heartbeat" "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" "Hold Me Now" "Horoscopes" "If I Could Choose" "If My World Stopped Turning" "In Your Eyes" "Irelande Douze Pointe" "Is Always Over Now?" "It's for You" "It's Nice to Be in Love Again" "Lipstick" "Love?" "Maps" "Millennium of Love" "Mysterious Woman" "One Day Love" "Only Love Survives" "Playing with Numbers" "The Real Me" "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" "Somewhere in Europe" ~~"Story of My Life"~~ "Sunlight" "Take Him Home" "Terminal 3" "That's Rich" "That's What Friends Are For" "They Can't Stop the Spring" "Together" "The Voice" "The Wages of Love" "Wait Until the Weekend Comes" "Walking the Streets in the Rain" "Waterline" "We Are One" "We've Got the World" "What's Another Year" "When" "When You Need Me" "Why Me?" "Without Your Love" "You Can Count On Me"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Ireland did not compete

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Countries	Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Conchita Bautista Birgit Brüel France Gall Udo Jürgens Kathy Kirby Viktor Klimenko Guy Mardel Lize Marke Butch Moore Marjorie Noël Simone de Oliveira Bobby Solo Kirsti Sparboe Conny Vandenbos Vice Vukov Ulla Wiesner Ingvar Wixell Yovanna
Songs	"Absent Friend" "Als het weer lente is" "Aurinko laskee länteen" "Čežnja" "For din skyld" "I Belong" "Karusell" "N'avoue jamais" "Non, à jamais sans toi" "Paradies, wo bist du?" "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" "¡Qué bueno, qué bueno!" "Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen" "Se piangi, se ridi" "Sol de inverno" "'t Is genoeg" "Va dire à l'amour" "Walking the Streets in the Rain"