the last time ireland won eurovision was 1996.
the last time ireland won eurovision was 1996.
when was the last time ireland won eurovision?
1996
bullet::::- dublin mean time, which was 25 minutes behind greenwich mean time, was made the same as british time at 2:00 a.m. under terms of the time ireland act for ireland.









































bullet::::- the perth amboy technical high school opened in perth amboy, new jersey.









































bullet::::- born: tibor reich, hungarian-british designer, known for his celebrated textile designs including deep texture weaves in the 1950s, in budapest (d. 1996)









































bullet::::- died: james paul clarke, american politician, 18th governor of arkansas (b. 1854); ivan dumbadze, russian army officer, military and civil head of yalta, major-general of svita for nicholas ii of russia (b. 1851)
october 1916
the eurovision song contest 1994 was the 39th eurovision song contest and was held on 30 april 1994 in the point theatre in dublin, ireland. as of 2019, it was the last time the contest was held in april. the presenters were cynthia ní mhurchú and gerry ryan. the pair hosted the evening in french, english and irish. ireland won the contest for the third time in a row, when paul harrington and charlie mcgettigan were the winners with a song written by brendan graham, "rock 'n' roll kids". this was a record sixth victory for ireland, giving it the outright record number of victories at the eurovision song contest, and also the second time ireland won on home soil. it was also the first time — and to date the only time — that the contest had been won by the same country in three consecutive years.
eurovision song contest 1994