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Pat McGuigan

Background information
Birth name	Patrick McGuigan
Born	10 February 1935 Clones, County Monaghan
Died	27 June 1987(1987-06-27) (aged 52)
Occupation	Singer
Instrument	Vocals

Patrick (Pat) McGuigan (10 February 1935 – 27 June 1987) was an Irish singer born in Clones, County Monaghan.

McGuigan, who spelled his name McGeegan for the stage,^[1]^{[better source needed]} first came to prominence in Ireland when his single with the Big Four reached number 7 in the Irish charts in 1963. Five years later he was again in the national spotlight in 1968, when he competed for Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest (as Pat McGeegan) with the song Chance of a Lifetime, arriving in fourth place. The song spent one week at number-one in the Irish Singles Chart in April 1968. Subsequently, he made some albums and released many singles, but never reached the Irish top twenty again. His rendition of Danny Boy became well known. McGuigan was also a respected songwriter.

His son, Barry McGuigan, was world featherweight boxing champion in 1985–1986. Pat McGuigan became known in the United States after his son's world title winning victory over Eusebio Pedroza. On 13 June 1986, he sang the American national anthem before the world championship bout between Carlos Santos and Buster Drayton in New Jersey.

Pat McGuigan died after a period of illness in 1987. He was 52 years old.

References

^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". www.irishcharts.ie.

Preceded by Sean Dunphy with "If I Could Choose"	Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968	Succeeded by Muriel Day with "The Wages of Love"

v t e Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
National selections: Eurosong You're a Star (former)
Participation	1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Artists	Bambie Thug Black Daisy Brooke Nicky Byrne Can-linn Maria Christian Kiev Connolly Dana Muriel Day Dervish Ryan Dolan Donna and Joe Chris Doran Cathal Dunne Sean Dunphy The Duskeys Dustin the Turkey Emmy Angela Farrell Eddie Friel Paul Harrington Mickey Harte Red Hurley Kim Jackson Jedward Sandie Jones Jump the Gun Niamh Kavanagh Brian Kennedy The Lindsays Johnny Logan Luv Bug Dawn Martin Linda Martin Maxi Pat McGeegan Charlie McGettigan Sarah McTernan The Missing Passengers Butch Moore The Mullans Sinéad Mulvey Brendan Murray Gary O'Shaughnessy Ryan O'Shaughnessy Eimear Quinn Liam Reilly Tina Reynolds Marc Roberts Dickie Rock Lesley Roy Sheeba Kasey Smith Molly Sterling The Swarbriggs Eamonn Toal Wild Youth Colm C.T. Wilkinson
Songs	"22" "All Kinds of Everything" "Born to Sing" "Ceol an Ghrá" "Chance of a Lifetime" "Come Back to Stay" "Could It Be That I'm in Love" "Cross Your Heart" "Do I Dream" "Doomsday Blue" "Dreamin'" "Dying to Try" "Et Cetera" "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" "Happy Man" "Heartbeat" "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" "Hold Me Now" "Horoscopes" "If I Could Choose" "If My World Stopped Turning" "In Your Eyes" "Irelande Douze Pointe" "Is Always Over Now?" "It's for You" "It's Nice to Be in Love Again" "Laika Party" "Lipstick" "Love?" "Maps" "Millennium of Love" "Mysterious Woman" "One Day Love" "Only Love Survives" "Playing with Numbers" "The Real Me" "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" "Somewhere in Europe" ~~"Story of My Life"~~ "Sunlight" "Take Him Home" "Terminal 3" "That's Rich" "That's What Friends Are For" "They Can't Stop the Spring" "Together" "The Voice" "The Wages of Love" "Wait Until the Weekend Comes" "Walking the Streets in the Rain" "Waterline" "We Are One" "We've Got the World" "What's Another Year" "When" "When You Need Me" "Why Me?" "Without Your Love" "You Can Count On Me"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Ireland did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest. See also: Irish Eurovision discography

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1968
Countries	Austria Belgium Finland France Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Isabelle Aubret Chris Baldo and Sophie Garel Odd Børre Luci Capurso and Hamo Hajdarhodžić Sergio Endrigo Karel Gott Kristina Hautala Claes-Göran Hederström Line and Willy Claude Lombard Gianni Mascolo Massiel Pat McGeegan Carlos Mendes Wencke Myhre Cliff Richard Ronnie Tober
Songs	"À chacun sa chanson" "Chance of a Lifetime" "Congratulations" "Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mej" "Guardando il sole" "Ein Hoch der Liebe" "Jedan dan" "Kun kello käy" "La La La" "Marianne" "Morgen" "Nous vivrons d'amour" "Quand tu reviendras" "La Source" "Stress" "Tausend Fenster" "Verão"

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