Singer, whose parents came from Cork and Galway, goes up against five other acts hoping to perform in Liverpool
“We’ve lived together for 47 years, Nora and I, so she must have some clues as to who I am and what I can get up to.”Representing Ireland in the Eurovision is a sort of homecoming for Lydon, whose parents John Christopher and Eileen Lydia were both Irish. His father, a crane driver, was from Tuam, Co Galway, while his mother was from Carrigrohane, Co Cork.
“I thought it was a passing interest, but clearly it isn’t,” Mr Kealy said. “I’m delighted an artist of his calibre is taking part.” “It won’t be a coronation. He won’t find it a walk in the park by any means,” Mr Kealy suggested. “He has always been a disrupter. He likes to surprise people. He did I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, he did an ad for butter some years ago. He’s a bloke who likes to surprise and doesn’t like to be pigeon-holed.”
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