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| Eurovision Song Contest 1970 | ||||
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| Country |  Ireland | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National final | |||
| Selection date(s) | 1 March 1970 | |||
| Selected entrant | Dana | |||
| Selected song | "All Kinds of Everything" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 1st, 32 points | |||
| Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Ireland participated in and won the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 with the song "All Kinds of Everything" performed by Dana.[1] John Skehan was the spokesperson for Ireland in the Contest. Valerie McGovern commentated on RTÉ One, and Kevin Roche on RTÉ Radio 1.
The sixth National Song Contest was due to be held on 8 February 1970 but was postponed until Sunday 1 March 1970 because of a technicians' strike at the national broadcaster.[2] The deadline for countries to submit entries to the EBU for the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 was 23 February 1970, but RTÉ were given a three week extension.[3][4] Eight entries were chosen out of 397 submissions received by RTÉ.[5] It was broadcast live from the RTÉ studios in DublinonRTÉ Television, and hosted by Brendan O'Reilly. The winning song was decided by 10 regional juries, each consisting of six members, throughout Ireland.[6]
Dana had previously participated in the Irish national final in 1969, and finished in second place. Both Anna McGoldrick and Tony Kenny had sung in the national contest in 1968.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Pat and Jean | "Cé'n Fáth Ná Gráíonn Tú Mé?" | Mary Walsh | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Tony O'Leary | "She Meant Everything" | Joseph Monks | 2 | =6 |
| 3 | Anna McGoldrick | "Dá Sheolfainn an Domhan" | Frank Talbot, Pat O'Brien | 2 | =6 |
| 4 | We 4 | "D'Imigh an Ghrian" | Michael Judge | 5 | =4 |
| 5 | John McNally | "An Irish Love" | Jack Brierley, George Crosbie | 9 | 3 |
| 6 | Dana | "All Kinds of Everything" | Derry Lindsay, Jackie Smith | 23 | 1 |
| 7 | Maxi, Dick and Twink | "Things You Hear About Me" | Jim Doherty, Des Smyth | 14 | 2 |
| 8 | Tony Kenny | "No Time Like Summertime" | John G. Fahey, Seamus McHugh | 5 | =4 |
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Cavan
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Cork
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Wexford
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Athlone
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| 1 | "Cé'n Fáth Ná Gráíonn Tú Mé?" | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2 | "She Meant Everything" | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | "Dá Sheolfainn an Domhan" | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 | "D'Imigh an Ghrian" | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| 5 | "An Irish Love" | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |||||
| 6 | "All Kinds of Everything" | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 23 | |
| 7 | "Things You Hear About Me" | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | ||||
| 8 | "No Time Like Summertime" | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
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