In 1970 , Clannad signed a recording contract with Polydor Records after they came first in the annual Letterkenny Folk Festival . However , the label initially refused to release their music as they had little faith in their proposed album with songs sung in English and Irish . Their debut album , '' Clannad '' , was recorded at Eamonn Andrews Studios and is formed of arranged Irish songs , including a cover of " Morning Dew " by Bonnie Dobson , and original material . Following the album 's release in 1973 , Clannad took part in the heat stages of the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland with " An Pháirc " from '' Clannad '' as their entry . The band released '' Clannad 2 '' as their second studio album on Gael Linn Records in 1974 . To produce the album the band hired Dónal Lunny , founder of the Irish bands Planxty and The Bothy Band . Like their first release , '' Clannad 2 '' features a mixture of English and Irish songs , this time with Lunny and Bothy Band members on additional instruments
1973 Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1973
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