Thursday, May 27, 2010

Eurovision Countdown 5

Niamh Kavanagh. Cork. 1993

In Your Eyes



This is the first Eurovision that I actually remember. I would have been seven at the time, if I actually aged.

I particularly enjoyed the wee video of Niamh (in double-denim, no less) going for a walk, shearing a sheep and then calling into Peig Sayers and Co. for a little carding. Then she sits at a loom, like a total plóta, and watches in earnest as another delightful double denim outfit is churned out by Donegal tweed, but sure, that's how RTE depicted Ireland to the Euromasses back in the day.

Anyway, sartorial choices aside, the song is absolute amazing. Niamh looks gorgeous and her voice is striking. Let's hope that she can do it again this evening, and that she can do it when it counts, on Saturday.

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