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Ireland in 1988
Jump the Gun
Song
Take him home
Composer(s)
Peter Eades
More information
Biography
Jump the Gun are hoping to go all the way with Take Him Home which has already generated lots of interest from the record companies. The song is included in their forthcoming debut album. They've been together for two years, and released their first single "Bad Habits" last summer which received a lot of attention on the Irish market. Jump the Gun comprises Peter Eades, vocals and keyboard, Roy Taylor, (bass), Brian O'Reilly, (drums), Eric Sharpe, (guitar and vocals), Ciaran Wilde, (saxaphone and clarinet).
Well-known in Irish music circles, Peter Eades has been writing songs since he was sixteen, many of which have been recorded by Irish artists. In his capacity as director and sound engineer in one of Dublin's top recording studios, Peter has worked with some of Ireland's most popular recording acts.
No stranger to Eurovision, Noel Kelehan has conducted the Eurovision orchestra for Ireland's entry on many occasions. He also composed the opening film music for previous Eurovision Song Contests in Dublin in 1971 and 1981. His professional career as a pianist started when he was 19, and since then he has been involved in stage, radio and television as pianist, arranger and conductor. A staff conductor and arranger at RTÉ, Noel is also highly regarded both as a composer and a jazz pianist. [Notes from the Official 1988 Programme by RTÉ]
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History
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All Participations for Ireland
| Year | Artist | Song | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Dustin the Turkey | Irlande, douze pointe | 13 | 9 |
| 2007 | Dervish | They can't stop the spring | 5 | 24 |
| 2006 | Brian Kennedy | Every song is a cry for love | 79 | 9 |
| 2006 | Brian Kennedy | Every song is a cry for love | 93 | 10 |
| 2005 | Donna and Joseph McCaul | Love? | 53 | 14 |
| 2004 | Chris Doran | If my world stopped turning | 7 | 23 |
| 2003 | Mickey Harte | We’ve got the world | 53 | 11 |
| 2001 | Gary O'Shaughnessy | Without your love | 6 | 21 |
| 2000 | Eamonn Toal | Millennium of love | 92 | 6 |
| 1999 | The Mullan's | When you need me | 18 | 18 |
| 1998 | Dawn | Is always over now? | 64 | 9 |
| 1997 | Marc Roberts | Mysterious woman | 157 | 2 |
| 1996 | Eimear Quinn | The voice | 162 | 1 |
| 1995 | Eddie Friel | Dreamin' | 44 | 14 |
| 1994 | Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan | Rock 'n' roll kids | 226 | 1 |
| 1993 | Niamh Kavanagh | In your eyes | 187 | 1 |
| 1992 | Linda Martin | Why me | 155 | 1 |
| 1991 | Kim Jackson | Could it be that I'm in love | 47 | 10 |
| 1990 | Liam Reilly | Somewhere in Europe | 132 | 2 |
| 1989 | Kiev Connolly and the Missing Passengers | The real me | 21 | 18 |
| 1988 | Jump the Gun | Take him home | 79 | 8 |
| 1987 | Johnny Logan | Hold me now | 172 | 1 |
| 1986 | Luv Bug | You can count on me | 96 | 4 |
| 1985 | Maria Christian | Wait until the weekend comes | 91 | 6 |
| 1984 | Linda Martin | Terminal '3' | 137 | 2 |
| 1982 | The Duskeys | Here today, gone tomorrow | 49 | 11 |
| 1981 | Sheeba | Horoscopes | 105 | 5 |
| 1980 | Johnny Logan | What's another year | 143 | 1 |
| 1979 | Cathal Dunne | Happy man | 80 | 5 |
| 1978 | Colm T. Wilkinson | Born to sing | 86 | 5 |
| 1977 | The Swarbriggs Plus Two | It's nice to be in love again | 119 | 3 |
| 1976 | Red Hurley | When | 54 | 10 |
| 1975 | The Swarbriggs | That's what friends are for | 68 | 9 |
| 1974 | Tina | Cross your heart | 11 | 7 |
| 1973 | Maxi | Do I dream? | 80 | 10 |
| 1972 | Sandie Jones | Ceol on ghrá | 72 | 15 |
| 1971 | Angela Farrell | One day love | 79 | 11 |
| 1970 | Dana | All kinds of everything | 32 | 1 |
| 1969 | Muriel Day and the Lindsays | The wages of love | 10 | 7 |
| 1968 | Pat McGeegan | Chance of a lifetime | 18 | 4 |
| 1967 | Sean Dunphy | If I could choose | 22 | 2 |
| 1966 | Dickie Rock | Come back to stay | 14 | 4 |
| 1965 | Butch Moore | I'm walking the streets in the rain | 11 | 6 |
