Eddie Friel

Edward Joseph (Eddie) Friel[1] was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1962. He is a B. Mus. Honours graduate who in 1986 started his professional career as a music teacher. After one year he decided to pursue his talents as a musician and composer in local piano bars at home as well as in Canada and Europe, where he travelled for a year. He has toured with Van Morrison as a piano player and features extensively on Van Morrison's album Hymns to the Silence.

In 1995 he represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Dreamin'". The song finished a disappointing 14th place; Norway won the contest, breaking the three years Ireland staged the contest.[2]

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2012-03-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Eurovision Song Contest Helsinki 2007 | Ireland: Eurovision Song Contest 1995". Web.archive.org. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan
with "Rock 'n' Roll Kids"
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
1995
Succeeded by
Eimear Quinn
with "The Voice"


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