Dawn Martin represented Ireland in the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Is Always Over Now?".
Before Eurovision
National Final
Réalta '98
'Réalta' was a radio song contest started in 1995 by
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltacht exclusively for Irish songs.[1] The first edition of the contest was not related to Eurosong, but from 1996 until 1999, the recent winner of Réalta would qualify to Eurosong. The 4th edition of Réalta took place on 31 December 1997.[2][3][4] The running order and results of Réalta '98 are unknown.
Artist
Song
Place
Alan Milligan
"Caipín bán"
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Art Ó Dufaigh
"Céim ar chéim"
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Brendan Monaghan
"Fonn sin i mo cheann"
-
Caitriona McDermott
"Eist go fóill"
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Cathal Ó Cathain
"Lúrabóg larabóg"
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Deirdre Ní Chinnéide
"Seo chugainn an samradh"
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Diane Ní Chanainn
"Sráideacha"
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Melanie O'Reilly
"Chugat an púca"
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Micheál Ó hAlluráin
"Galar an cheoil"
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Seán Monaghan
"Ina measc"
1
Eurosong
Eurosong 1998 was held at the
RTÉ Television Centre in
Dublin on 8 March 1998 and hosted by
Pat Kenny. 400 entries were submitted for the competition and eight artists and songs were selected to compete.[5] Votes from ten regional juries determined the winner and after the combination of votes, "Is Always Over Now?" performed by
Dawn Martin was selected as the winner.[6]
Dawn performed 13th in the running order on the night of the
contest.
Paul Harrington, who won the contest for Ireland in
1994, performed backing vocals. "Is Always Over Now?" went on to place 9th with 64 points.[7]