Born in Ballymote , Sligo , Kiev ( Kevin ) Connolly has been writing songs , playing guitar and keyboard , and performing since finishing school in Cork . In 1978 he moved to Germany performing in folk clubs in Stuttgart and Heidelberg . Moving to West Berlin in 1979 , he became fluent in German , studied Music Theory at the Hochschule der Kunstler , and worked as a Studio manager and music producer in Recordland , and Musik World Recording Studios . He went on to form the pop music group '' ' The Missing Passengers ' '' and securing a recording contract with Arista/Ariola , Munich . Achieving success with two original albums in the European Charts . In 1985 the group performed Kiev 's hit song Did She Tell You on both the Extratour program Radio Bremen/ARD , and the Musik Convoy program on WDR/ARD . In 1989 Kiev Connolly and The Missing Passengers represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Lausanne , Switzerland with Kiev 's song The Real Me . Yugoslavia won the Eurovision Song Contest that year - Ireland placed 18th
Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1989
Kiev Connolly