- Paul Harrington
Paul Harrington is an Irish
musician , who, withCharlie McGettigan , won theEurovision Song Contest forIreland in1994 .The winning song in the competition was "
Rock 'n' Roll Kids ", the music andlyrics for which were written byBrendan Graham . Harrington and McGettigan were the first group in Eurovision history to have been awarded more than 200 points (226), and their win was the third consecutive for Ireland, representing the first "hat trick " to have been achieved by any nation. He returned to Eurovision in 1998, backing Dawn Martin when she performed "Is Always Over Now" at the contest in Birmingham. He wasn't named as one of the performers.In 1991, Harrington released an album—"What I'd Say"—comprising twelve tracks, of which he wrote or co-wrote five, on the
Eaton Records label.Harrington performed as a vocalist [http://www.celtictigerlive.com/abouttheshow.php?Cast/] in the
Michael Flatley production "Celtic Tiger" and performs on the Irishradio station RTÉ 2fm and occasionally on the Irish [television network]Radio Telefís Éireann .Fact|date=February 2007External links
* [http://www.paulharrington.ie Official Website of Paul Harrington]
* [http://www.songcontest.com/doc_2231.html A page about Harrington and McGettigan's win]
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