The Castlebar Song Contest was an annual international song contest that was first staged in 1966[1][2] in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland. The contest was initially organised by the Castlebar Chamber of Commerce as part of a drive to increase tourism in the town.[3][4] It was hoped that the competition would produce a song that would make the town famous,[3][4] just as songs such as "The Rose of Tralee", "Galway Bay", or "Mary from Dungloe" had done for their respective towns. The first contest had 70 entries from the UK and Ireland, and the final was hosted by Gay Byrne.[3][4] The winning song bore the Irish version of the town's name, Caisleán A' Bharraigh.[4]
^McGuinness, Paddy (2017). Castlebar International Song Contest 1966 - 1988. ISBN 978-1527202306.
^"The late Mr Michael McDermott, Spencer Street, Castlebar". The Connaught Telegraph. 29 July 1998. Archived from the original on 9 October 1999. Retrieved 17 November 2017 – via Wayback Machine.
^ abc""Shalom" wins Castlebar". Billboard. Los Angeles. 26 October 1974. pp. 59–60.
^ abcdO'Shannon, Cathal (10 October 1966). "An Embarrassment Of Good Songs For Castlebar 1966". "Newsbeat". Season 1966. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Retrieved 17 November 2017 – via RTÉ Archives.
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