A bit of History, the As Gaeilge Entry!
Eurovision came up in the conversation tonight in the Spiller household and there was no surprise when it came to the song my mother picked up. The conversation started as I thought that Sandy Kelly, who was on the Late, Late Show tonight, represented Ireland in the Eurovision. That got my mother singing!
Now of course I now know, that It was not Sandy Kelly, but Sandie Jones who represented Ireland in 1972 with a song completely as Gaeilge. This was the first and only time that Ireland entered a song in the “other” national language. The song was “Ceol and Ghrá” and it was written by Liam Mac Uistín and Joe Burkett. My mother has memories of it being recorded in Jury’s Hotel in Cork, which was across the water from her school.
It is the only Irish Eurovision song my mother knows off by heart (the one I know is Rock and Roll Kids) but I think its a really nice song, and maybe we should consider entering a song in Irish again in the future?
Anyway back in 1972 Sandie came 15th on 72 points. And here is her performance.
Enjoy this bit of Irish Eurovision history.
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Tags: 1972, Eurovision Song Contest, history, Ireland, Irish Language, Sandie Jones, Vicky Leandros
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Comments (8)
Better than I imagined….anyone care to tell me what she's singing about?
Here are the lryics voice.
http://www.justsomelyrics.com/1917221/Sandie-Jone…
There is a translation on it, but the formatting on the page is horrible.
spiller !!!!!!!!!!!
I am shocked that you ony know the full words of only 1 eurovision song !!!!!!!
SHOCKED
xx
I love it, omg didn't think I would, its in my head now and won't go away.
@Sheila Its the only song I can sing in full on demand without hearing the music!
Stephen, It is surprisingly good isnt it!
Hi, I know the words of other ones too but you would really laugh if I started singing them!
@Martin, as stated above!
@Emily/Mum, its the one you know best according to what you said on friday night. I know you know the one about the fishing nets! am i right?
That brings back memories, but speaking of Sandy Kelly, she too represented Ireland in 1982 with siblings as part of the Duskeys singing "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" ……not one of our finer eurovision moments, almost as many la'las as Massiel.