Paul Harrington

Who is Paul Harrington?

Paul Harrington is an Irish musician, who, with Charlie McGettigan, won the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland in 1994.

The winning song in the competition was "Rock 'n' Roll Kids". The music and lyrics for the song were written by Brendan Graham. Harrington and McGettigan were the first group in Eurovision history to have been awarded more than 200 points, and their win was the third consecutive for Ireland, representing the first hat trick to have been achieved by any nation. Harrington returned to Eurovision in 1998, backing Dawn Martin when she performed "Is Always Over Now" at the contest in Birmingham. He was not named at the contest as one of the performers.

In 1991, Harrington released an album entitled What I'd Say comprising twelve tracks, of which he wrote or co-wrote five. The album was released on the Eaton Records label.

Harrington performed as a vocalist in the Michael Flatley production Celtic Tiger and performs on the Irish radio station RTÉ 2fm and occasionally on the Irish television network Radio Telefís Éireann.

In May 2008 Harrington released A Collection, an 18 track compilation of Paul's favorite recordings. It included a new version if "What I'd Say" which he debuted on RTÉ's "Late Late Show". It also included a recording of Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes' "Wake up Everybody" which was intended to be released as a single in Oct 2008.