# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eddie-friel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:01:27.450Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eddie-friel"
name: "Eddie Friel"
slug: "eddie-friel"
description: "Ireland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song \"Dreamin'\", written by Richard Abbott and Barry Woods, and performed by Eddie Friel. The Irish participating broadcaster, Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), selected its entry through a national final. In addition, RTÉ was also the host broadcaster for the third year in a row, and staged the event at the Point Theatre in Dublin for the second time in a row, after winning the previous edition with the song \"Rock 'n' Roll Kids\" by Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan."
tagline: "Irish singer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1962"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.273290666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Friel"
    title: "Eddie Friel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "إدي فرايل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ادى فرايل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Friel"
    title: "Eddie Friel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Friel"
    title: "Eddie Friel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Friel"
    title: "Eddie Friel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%90%EB%94%94_%ED%94%84%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%98"
    title: "에디 프리엘"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Friel"
    title: "Eddie Friel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%B8"
    title: "Фрил, Эдди"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q166012"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump