Charles Joseph McGettigan (born 7 December 1950,

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singer. He lives in

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Career

Performing with Paul Harrington, he won the

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with the song "

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" (words and music by

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). Harrington played piano and McGettigan played guitar. He made an appearance as a guest singer at

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, the 50th anniversary concert of Eurovision. In August 1998, McGettigan's only son, Shane McGettigan, was killed in a construction accident while working in

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. In 2015, McGettigan wrote "Anybody Got a Shoulder?" for Kat Mahon, which was one of the five songs in Eurosong 2015, the national selection to select the Irish entry for

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. The song finished 2nd.

Discography

Albums

*''Songs of the Night (And Other Stories)'' (1986) *''Charlie McGettigan'' (1990) *''Rock 'N' Roll Kids - The Album'' (together with Paul Harrington) (1994) *''In Your Old Room'' (1998) *''Another Side of Charlie McGettigan'' (c. 2002) *''Stolen Moments'' (2006) *''The Man from 20'' (2010) *''Some Old Someone'' (Stockfisch, 2019)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McGettigan, Charlie 1950 births Living people Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1994 Eurovision Song Contest winners Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Ireland Irish male singers Irish pop singers People from Ballyshannon Musicians from County Leitrim People from County Leitrim Stockfisch Records artists