Castlebar Song Contest

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use Irish English 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]

Information

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]

Broadcast

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]

Winners

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Year Section Composer Singer(s) Song Title Country
1966 Overall Sheila Fawsitt-Stewart Dragoons "Caisleán A' Bharraigh"[4] Template:Esc
1967 Folk/Ballad Peter McKenzie McLoughlin Folk Group "Where Did They Go" Template:Esc
1967 Pop Vera Traynor Butch Moore "No One Else" Template:Esc
1967 Straight Andy Galligan Joan Connolly "One and One" Template:Esc
1968 Folk/Ballad Joe Burkett/Tony Hyland City Folk "Dividing Line" Template:Esc
1968 Pop Eileen Coyle Tony Keeling "The World is Ours Today" Template:Esc
1968 Straight Sean Sharkey/Eddie Masterson Pat Lynch & Airchords "Reflections of You" Template:Esc
1969 Folk/Ballad Ruth Kiernan Tara Folk "Soldier Boy" Template:Esc
1969 Pop Mai O'Higgins/John McBreen Gary Street & Fairways "Jodi" Template:Esc
1969 Straight Pat Walsh Joe Doherty & Millionaires "A Country & Western Song" Template:Esc
1970 Folk/Ballad Noel and Alan Connaughton Melody Fayre "Mary I'm Nay Leaving You" Template:Esc
1970 Pop John Lavery Gerry & Ohio "One Step Away" Template:Esc
1970 Straight Seamus McHugh/John Fahy Red Hurley "The World Is Such An Empty Place"[9] Template:Esc
1971 Folk/Ballad Vic Dawton Joe Cuddy "Diana of the Roses" Script error: No such module "flag".
1971 Pop Michael Murphy La Salle "Feeling I've Got It Made"[5] Template:Esc
1971 Country Donal McGrath/K. Doohan Ian Corrigan "Slumbering Goldmine" Template:Esc
1971 Overall Michael Murphy La Salle "Feeling I've Got It Made"[5] Template:Esc
1972 Folk/Ballad Sheila Roberts Frank Holder "Song for Jenny" Template:Esc
1972 Pop Dick Farrelly Mary Lou "That's What Love Is Made Of" Template:Esc
1972 Country Teresa O'Donnell Gerry Cronin "He Travels Fastest" Template:Esc
1972 Straight Pat Coyle Helen Jordan "Shall I Ride" Template:Esc
1972 Overall Sheila Roberts Frank Holder "Song for Jenny" Template:Esc
1973 Overall Vince Hill/Ernie Dunstall Joe Cuddy "I'm Gonna Make It" Script error: No such module "flag".
1974 Overall Cathal Dunne Cathal Dunne "Shalom" Template:Esc
1974 Country Tibor Koncz/Iván Szenes Kati Kovács "Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue"[3] Template:Esc
1975 Overall Joe Burkett/Andy Galligan Des Smyth "Roulette" Template:Esc
1976 Joint Winners Ray Davies

Teresa O'Donnell/Joe Bollard

Tony Steven

T. O'Donnell/Joe Bollard

"My Woman"

"Let's Star All Over"

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1977 Overall John Brown John Brown/Mary Clifford "You are My Destiny" Template:Esc
1978 Overall Sarah Byron/Liam Hurley Sarah Bryan "Onion" Script error: No such module "flag".
1979 Overall Zack Laurence/Paul Ferguson Kim Goody "Talkin' to a Stone" Script error: No such module "flag".
1980 Overall Ed Welch/Barry Mason Linda Jardim "Don't Stay for the Sake of the Children" Script error: No such module "flag".
1981 Overall Miki Antony/Robin Smith Carol Kenyon "I Wasn't Born Yesterday" Script error: No such module "flag".
1982 Overall Barry Mason/Don Gould Barry Mason "Big Enough for Me & You" Script error: No such module "flag".
1983 Overall Shay Healy Linda Martin "Edge of the Universe" Template:Esc
1984 Overall Brian O'Reilly Brian O'Reilly "Spread Your Wings" Template:Esc
1985 Overall Template:Interlanguage link Sten & Stanley "Don't Play A Sad Song After Midnight"[10] Template:Esc
1986 Overall Tim Norell & Ola Håkonsson KATZ "Oh, Johnny Dance With Me Tonight" Template:Esc
1988 Overall Brendan Graham Linda Martin "If I Should Ever Lose Your Love" Template:Esc

References

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