Cruachan present "The Blacksmith" single, a brand music piece that was submitted for Eurovision 2023 contest. Unfortunately, the latter was not selected to represent Ireland on this year's Eurovision.




Statement from the band's mainman Keith Fay on "The Blacksmith": "In 2022 we decided to submit a song to Ireland's state broadcaster, Raidió Teilifís Éireann, for consideration to represent Ireland in the 2023 Eurovision song competition. We believed we had a great chance and when we made the announcement, Irish (and world) media jumped on the news. Suddenly we were being interviewed on major Irish radio stations, news articles all over the world. People agreed with our statement that it's time for Ireland to submit something different to the standard pop that has constantly been so underwhelming at the competition. The song, "The Blacksmith", captures the essence of Irish folk wrapped in a metal shell. You can hear Horslips and Thin Lizzy in this song, surely it was time to bring Irish folk music back into Eurovision? Sadly, that was not the case. Although we made it into the last ten, only six were chosen to go to the televised public vote, we were not part of that six. Well, now with the release of "The Blacksmith", the public can decide for themselves - should this have been Ireland's song for Eurovision 2023?"

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