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Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

  • Ireland
    Number of participations: 53

    Debut: 1965 - Italy (Naples)

    Recent: 2017 - Ukraine (Kyiv)


Songs sent by Ireland

Draw Participant Entry % of max points Edition Points Position
02 Ireland 22
Sarah McTernan
-9999- 2019 -9999-9999-
24 Ireland Together
Ryan O'Shaughnessy
-9999- 2018 -9999-9999-
09 Ireland Dying to Try
Brendan Murray
-9999- 2017 -91486
(SF)
101313
(DNQ)
07 Ireland Sunlight
Nicky Byrne
-9999- 2016 -95446
(SF)
101515
(DNQ)
02 Ireland Playing With Numbers
Molly Sterling
14.58% 2015 -96535
(SF)
101212
(DNQ)
09 Ireland Heartbeat
Can-Linn feat. Kasey Smith
17.16% 2014 -96535
(SF)
101212
(DNQ)
26 Ireland Only Love Survives
Ryan Dolan
1.10% 2013 526
23 Ireland Waterline
Jedward
9.35% 2012 4619
06 Ireland Lipstick
Jedward
23.61% 2011 1198
10 Ireland It's For You
Niamh Kavanagh
5.48% 2010 2523
02 Ireland Et Cetera
Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy
20.63% 2009 -94852
(SF)
101111
(DNQ)
11 Ireland Irelande Douze Pointe
Dustin the Turkey
9.17% 2008 -97822
(SF)
101515
(DNQ)
04 Ireland They Can't Stop The Spring
Dervish
1.02% 2007 524
21 Ireland Every Song Is A Cry For Love
Brian Kennedy
20.95% 2006 9310
22 Ireland Love?
Donna and Joseph McCaul
11.62% 2005 -94753
(SF)
101414
(DNQ)
18 Ireland If My World Stopped Turning
Chris Doran
1.67% 2004 722
03 Ireland We've Got The World
Mickey Harte
17.67% 2003 5311
12 Ireland Without Your Love
Gary O'Shaughnessy
2.27% 2001 621
23 Ireland Millennium Of Love
Eamonn Toal
33.33% 2000 926
17 Ireland When You Need Me
The Mullan's
6.82% 1999 1817
13 Ireland Is Always Over Now?
Dawn
22.22% 1998 649
05 Ireland Mysterious Woman
Marc Roberts
54.51% 1997 1572
17 Ireland The Voice
Eimear Quinn
61.36% 1996 1621
02 Ireland Dreamin'
Eddie Friel
16.67% 1995 4414
03 Ireland Rock 'n' Roll Kids
Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan
78.47% 1994 2261
14 Ireland In Your Eyes
Niamh Kavanagh
64.93% 1993 1871
17 Ireland Why Me
Linda Martin
58.71% 1992 1551
11 Ireland Could It Be That I'm In Love
Kim Jackson
18.65% 1991 4710
17 Ireland Somewhere In Europe
Liam Reilly
52.38% 1990 1322
03 Ireland The Real Me
Kiev Connolly and the Missing Passengers
8.33% 1989 2118
10 Ireland Take Him Home
Jump the Gun
32.92% 1988 798
20 Ireland Hold Me Now
Johnny Logan
68.25% 1987 1721
12 Ireland You Can Count On Me
Luv Bug
42.11% 1986 964
01 Ireland Wait Until The Weekend Comes
Maria Christian
42.13% 1985 916
09 Ireland Terminal '3'
Linda Martin
63.43% 1984 1372
17 Ireland Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
The Duskeys
24.02% 1982 4911
12 Ireland Horoscopes
Sheeba
46.05% 1981 1055
17 Ireland What's Another Year
Johnny Logan
66.20% 1980 1431
04 Ireland Happy Man
Cathal Dunne
37.04% 1979 805
01 Ireland Born To Sing
Colm T. Wilkinson
37.72% 1978 865
01 Ireland It's Nice To Be In Love Again
The Swarbriggs Plus Two
58.33% 1977 1193
07 Ireland When
Red Hurley
26.47% 1976 5410
02 Ireland That's What Friends Are For
The Swarbriggs
31.48% 1975 689
13 Ireland Cross Your Heart
Tina
6.88% 1974 117
14 Ireland Do I Dream?
Maxi
50.00% 1973 8010
03 Ireland Ceol On Ghrá
Sandie Jones
42.35% 1972 7215
13 Ireland One Day Love
Angela Farrell
46.47% 1971 7911
12 Ireland All Kinds Of Everything
Dana
29.09% 1970 321
05 Ireland The Wages Of Love
Muriel Day and the Lindsays
6.67% 1969 107
14 Ireland Chance Of A Lifetime
Pat McGeegan
11.25% 1968 184
17 Ireland If I Could Choose
Sean Dunphy
13.75% 1967 222
17 Ireland Come Back To Stay
Dickie Rock
9.15% 1966 144
04 Ireland I'm Walking The Streets In The Rain
Butch Moore
7.19% 1965 116

Points exchange

Showing the points Ireland has received - click here to switch to see the points given.

Ireland has given the most sets of 12 points (8) to Denmark. The most sets of 12 points (8) have been received from the United Kingdom.


12 Points Given 12 Points Received
8 times to Denmark8 times from the United Kingdom
5 times to Latvia7 times from Switzerland
5 times to Lithuania6 times from Sweden
5 times to Sweden5 times from Italy
3 times to Austria5 times from Norway
3 times to Italy4 times from Belgium
Twice to Belgium4 times from Denmark
Twice to Malta3 times from Austria
Twice to The Netherlands3 times from The Netherlands
Twice to NorwayTwice from Germany
Twice to SwitzerlandTwice from Greece
Once to FinlandTwice from Malta
Once to FranceTwice from Slovenia
Once to GermanyTwice from Spain
Once to HungaryTwice from Turkey
Once to IcelandOnce from Bosnia & Herzegovina
Once to IsraelOnce from Croatia
Once to LuxembourgOnce from Cyprus
Once to PolandOnce from Estonia
Once to RomaniaOnce from Finland
Once to SloveniaOnce from Iceland
Once to the United KingdomOnce from Israel
Once to YugoslaviaOnce from Lithuania
Once from Poland
Once from Portugal
Once from Russia
Once from San Marino

Successes and failures of Ireland

The following chart shows the results of Ireland in all editions of the Eurovision Song Contest that Ireland has participated in. The blocks represent the number of participants in each contest. The worm line shows the results of Ireland in each contest. A lower plot point means a better result. Hover over each plot point for detailed information.


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All songs awarded points by Ireland

You can see all the songs that Ireland gave points to on a separate page here. It is too big to list here.

Contests hosted by Ireland

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