# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pat-mcguigan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:12:25.765Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pat-mcguigan"
name: "Pat McGuigan"
slug: "pat-mcguigan"
description: "Patrick McGuigan was an Irish singer from Clones, County Monaghan. McGuigan, who spelled his name McGeegan for the stage, first came to prominence in Ireland when his single with the Big Four reached number 7 in the Irish charts in 1963. Five years later he was again in the spotlight when he competed for Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest in London on 6 April 1968. His song Chance of a Lifetime came fourth. The song spent one week at no. 1 in the Irish Singles Chart in April 1968. Subsequently, he made some albums and released many singles, but never reached the Irish top twenty again. McGuigan was also a songwriter."
tagline: "Irish singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pat_McGuigan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1935"
deathDate: "1987-06-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.21
  momentum:             3.376146788990826
  historical:           10.09291066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1508098/"
    handle:    "nm1508098"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3biVHl6qIp52U9HmG9Q0JP"
    handle:    "3biVHl6qIp52U9HmG9Q0JP"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1407175"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "پات مكجويجان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_McGuigan"
    title: "Pat McGuigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_McGuigan"
    title: "Pat McGuigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_McGuigan"
    title: "Pat McGuigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_McGuigan"
    title: "Pat McGuigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_McGuigan"
    title: "Pat McGuigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8C%BB_%EB%A7%A5%EA%B8%B0%EA%B1%B4"
    title: "팻 맥기건"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_McGeegan"
    title: "Pat McGeegan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_McGuigan"
    title: "Pat McGuigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_McGuigan"
    title: "Pat McGuigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0ba3b315-c8dd-4b73-87a6-ad73bda47774"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2056527"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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