Charles McGettigan is an Irish

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 singer born in Ballyshannon

Ballyshannon

Ballyshannon is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is located where the N3 and N15 cross the River Erne, and claims to be the oldest town in Ireland.-Location:...

, County Donegal

County Donegal

County Donegal is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Ulster. It is named after the town of Donegal. Donegal County Council is the local authority for the county...

 on 7th December 1950, but he lives today in Drumshanbo

Drumshanbo

Drumshanbo is a small town situated in the heart of County Leitrim, Ireland. The town takes its name from the Irish, Druim-Sean-Bhoth or "Ridge of the old huts". Drumshanbo is surrounded by a scenic area of soft rolling hills, woodlands, lakes and the Sliabh an Iarainn and Arigna mountains...

, Co. Leitrim.

Performing with Paul Harrington he won the Eurovision Song Contest 1994

Eurovision Song Contest 1994

The Eurovision Song Contest 1994 was the 39th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 30 April 1994 in the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. The presenters were Cynthia Ní Mhurchú and Gerry Ryan. The pair hosted the evening in French, English and Irish...

 with the song "Rock 'n' Roll Kids

Rock 'n' Roll Kids

"Rock 'n' Roll Kids" was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, composed by Brendan Graham and performed for Ireland by Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan...

" (words and music by Brendan Graham

Brendan Graham

Brendan Graham is an Irish novelist and composer. He has published three novels, The Whitest Flower , an Irish no. 2 best seller, The Element of Fire and The Brightest Day, The Darkest Night .He also wrote the lyrics for Rolf Løvland's "You Raise Me Up"...

). He made an appearance as a guest singer at Congratulations

Congratulations (Eurovision)

Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest was a television programme organised by the European Broadcasting Union to commemorate the Eurovision Song Contest's fiftieth anniversary and to determine the Contest's most popular entrant of its fifty years. It took place at Forum,...

, the 50th anniversary concert of the Eurovision.

Podcasts

You can hear an interview with Charlie recorded in February 2010 and exclusive recordings of "Feet of a dancer" "Lullaby" and more at http://www.podcasts.ie/featured-musicians/charlie-mcgettigan/

This website also contains excerpts from an interview with Charlie recorded in October 2006 following the release of "Stolen Monents" in which he performs "The Phoenix" live in studio by visiting http://www.podcasts.ie/weekly-shows/the-artbeat-archive,then select Artbeat Archive Week 9