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Ireland in 1995
Eddie Friel
Song
Dreamin'
Composer(s)
Richard Abbott/Barry Woods
More information
Biography
Eddie Friel, born in Belfast, is a B. Mus. Honours graduate who in 1986 started his professional career as a music teacher. After two years he decided to pursue his talents as a musician and composer. He has gained great admiration throughout local piano bars at home as well as in Canada and Europe, where he travelled for a year. He has toured with Van Morrison as a piano player.
Richard Abbott is a Fine Arts graduate from Belfast who began his career with a Dublin advertising agency. While living in Dublin he played in the Rob Strong Band and in 1984 had two songs in the Irish National Song Contest. Since 1990 Richard has pursued his career as an independent producer/director.
Barry Woods is an experienced composer and arranger from Bangor, Co. Down. He qualified as a sound engineer, worked with local groups as a multi-instrumentalist, and graduated to the Irish show-band circuit. He has written many songs and comedy routines for Clubsound with whom he has played for 25 years. [Notes from the Official 1995 programme by RTÉ]
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History
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All Participations for Ireland
| Year | Artist | Song | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0 | 22 | ||
| 2008 | Dustin the Turkey | Irlande, douze pointe | 22 | 15 |
| 2007 | Dervish | They can't stop the spring | 5 | 24 |
| 2006 | Brian Kennedy | Every song is a cry for love | 93 | 10 |
| 2006 | Brian Kennedy | Every song is a cry for love | 79 | 9 |
| 2005 | Donna and Joseph McCaul | Love? | 53 | 14 |
| 2004 | Chris Doran | If my world stopped turning | 7 | 23 |
| 2003 | Mickey Harte | We’ve got the world | 53 | 11 |
| 2001 | Gary O'Shaughnessy | Without your love | 6 | 21 |
| 2000 | Eamonn Toal | Millennium of love | 92 | 6 |
| 1999 | The Mullan's | When you need me | 18 | 18 |
| 1998 | Dawn | Is always over now? | 64 | 9 |
| 1997 | Marc Roberts | Mysterious woman | 157 | 2 |
| 1996 | Eimear Quinn | The voice | 162 | 1 |
| 1995 | Eddie Friel | Dreamin' | 44 | 14 |
| 1994 | Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan | Rock 'n' roll kids | 226 | 1 |
| 1993 | Niamh Kavanagh | In your eyes | 187 | 1 |
| 1992 | Linda Martin | Why me | 155 | 1 |
| 1991 | Kim Jackson | Could it be that I'm in love | 47 | 10 |
| 1990 | Liam Reilly | Somewhere in Europe | 132 | 2 |
| 1989 | Kiev Connolly and the Missing Passengers | The real me | 21 | 18 |
| 1988 | Jump the Gun | Take him home | 79 | 8 |
| 1987 | Johnny Logan | Hold me now | 172 | 1 |
| 1986 | Luv Bug | You can count on me | 96 | 4 |
| 1985 | Maria Christian | Wait until the weekend comes | 91 | 6 |
| 1984 | Linda Martin | Terminal '3' | 137 | 2 |
| 1982 | The Duskeys | Here today, gone tomorrow | 49 | 11 |
| 1981 | Sheeba | Horoscopes | 105 | 5 |
| 1980 | Johnny Logan | What's another year | 143 | 1 |
| 1979 | Cathal Dunne | Happy man | 80 | 5 |
| 1978 | Colm T. Wilkinson | Born to sing | 86 | 5 |
| 1977 | The Swarbriggs Plus Two | It's nice to be in love again | 119 | 3 |
| 1976 | Red Hurley | When | 54 | 10 |
| 1975 | The Swarbriggs | That's what friends are for | 68 | 9 |
| 1974 | Tina | Cross your heart | 11 | 7 |
| 1973 | Maxi | Do I dream? | 80 | 10 |
| 1972 | Sandie Jones | Ceol on ghrá | 72 | 15 |
| 1971 | Angela Farrell | One day love | 79 | 11 |
| 1970 | Dana | All kinds of everything | 32 | 1 |
| 1969 | Muriel Day and the Lindsays | The wages of love | 10 | 7 |
| 1968 | Pat McGeegan | Chance of a lifetime | 18 | 4 |
| 1967 | Sean Dunphy | If I could choose | 22 | 2 |
| 1966 | Dickie Rock | Come back to stay | 14 | 4 |
| 1965 | Butch Moore | I'm walking the streets in the rain | 11 | 6 |
