in English with the exception of the entry, "Ceol an Ghrá", which was sung in Irish. Seán Dunphy finished second at the , behind Sandie Shaw, followed by Pat McGeegan finishing fourth in , before Dana gave Ireland its first victory in with "All Kinds of Everything". The country's next best result of the 1970s was in , when The Swarbriggs Plus Two finished third. This was followed by fifth-place finishes for both Colm C.T. Wilkinson () and Cathal Dunne (). Johnny Logan brought Ireland its second victory in with "What's Another Year". Girl group Sheeba then finished fifth in . Logan went on to write the entry "Terminal 3", performed by Linda Martin, which finished second. In , Logan returned to the context as a performer, and became the first and (to date) only entrant to win the contest twice, achieving his second victory with the self-penned "Hold Me Now". Ireland's most successful decade to date is the 1990s, beginning with Liam Reilly finishing joint second in . Ireland subsequently achieved an unequalled three consecutive victories in the contest: in , the 1984 runner-up Linda Martin returned to win with "Why Me?"penned once again by Johnny Logan, giving him a total of three victories as either a performer or writer; in , Niamh Kavanagh was victorious over the 's Sonia with "In Your Eyes"; and in , Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan won with Brendan Graham's "Rock 'n' Roll Kids". The winning streak was broken in when Hiberno-Nordic group Secret Garden, representing Norway, won with the almost entirely instrumental "Nocturne". The group does contain an Irish member, Naas-born Fionnuala Sherry. The decade would see yet another victory for Ireland in when Eimear Quinn won with another successful Brendan Graham composition, "The Voice"; Marc Roberts would also finish second for Ireland in , which marked the end of Irish domination of the contest. In the 21st century, Ireland has fared less well, achieving considerably poorer results in comparison to the 1990s. The country's only top 10 placement of the 2000s came when Brian Kennedy finished tenth in . At the , Ireland's representatives were Irish folk group Dervish performing "They Can't Stop The Spring"; having automatically qualified for the final, the group finished last with five points (all from Albania, whose jury votes prevented Ireland from achieving its first no-point score), becoming the first Irish entrants to come last in