Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Contestants
Table:
Year

Artist

Language

Title

Final

Points

Semi

Points

1965

Butch Moore

English

"Walking the Streets in the Rain"

6

11

No semi-finals

1966

Dickie Rock

English

"Come Back to Stay"

4

14

1967

Sean Dunphy

English

"If I Could Choose"

2

22

1968

Pat McGeegan

English

"Chance of a Lifetime"

4

18

1969

Muriel Day

English

"The Wages of Love"

7

10

1970

Dana

English

"All Kinds of Everything"

1

32

1971

Angela Farrell

English

"One Day Love"

11

79

1972

Sandie Jones

Irish

"Ceol an Ghrá"

15

72

1973

Maxi

English

"Do I Dream"

10

80

1974

Tina Reynolds

English

"Cross Your Heart"

7

11

1975

The Swarbriggs

English

"That's What Friends Are For"

9

68

1976

Red Hurley

English

"When"

10

54

1977

The Swarbriggs Plus Two

English

"It's Nice To Be In Love Again"

3

119

1978

Colm C.T. Wilkinson

English

"Born to Sing"

5

86

1979

Cathal Dunne

English

"Happy Man"

5

80

1980

Johnny Logan

English

"What's Another Year?"

1

143

1981

Sheeba

English

"Horoscopes"

5

105

1982

The Duskeys

English

"Here Today Gone Tomorrow"

11

49

1983

Did not participate

1984

Linda Martin

English

"Terminal 3"

2

137

1985

Maria Christian

English

"Wait Until the Weekend Comes"

6

91

1986

Luv Bug

English

"You Can Count On Me"

4

96

1987

Johnny Logan

English

"Hold Me Now"

1

172

1988

Jump the Gun

English

"Take Him Home"

8

79

1989

Kiev Connolly & The Missing Passengers

English

"The Real Me"

18

21

1990

Liam Reilly

English

"Somewhere in Europe"

2

132

1991

Kim Jackson

English

"Could It Be That I'm In Love"

10

47

1992

Linda Martin

English

"Why Me?"

1

155

1993

Niamh Kavanagh

English

"In Your Eyes"

1

187

Host country

1994

Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan

English

"Rock 'n' Roll Kids"

1

226

No semi-finals

1995

Eddie Friel

English

"Dreamin'"

14

44

1996

Eimear Quinn

English

"The Voice"

1

162

2

198

1997

Marc Roberts

English

"Mysterious Woman"

2

157

No semi-finals

1998

Dawn Martin

English

"Is Always Over Now?"

9

64

1999

The Mullans

English

"When You Need Me"

17

18

2000

Eamonn Toal

English

"Millennium of Love"

6

92

2001

Gary O'Shaughnessy

English

"Without Your Love"

21

6

2002

Did not participate

2003

Mickey Harte

English

"We've Got the World"

11

53

2004

Chris Doran

English

"If My World Stopped Turning"

22

7

Top 11 Previous Year[a]

2005

Donna and Joe

English

"Love?"

Failed to qualify

14

53

2006

Brian Kennedy

English

"Every Song Is a Cry for Love"

10

93

9

79

2007

Dervish

English

"They Can't Stop the Spring"

24

5

Top 10 Previous Year[a]

2008

Dustin the Turkey

English

"Irelande Douze Pointe"

Failed to qualify

15

22

2009

Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy

English

"Et Cetera"

11

52

2010

Niamh Kavanagh

English

"It's for You"

23

25

9

67

2011

Jedward

English

"Lipstick"

8

119

8

68

2012

English

"Waterline"

19

46

6

92

2013

Ryan Dolan

English

"Only Love Survives"

26

5

8

54

2014

Can-Linn feat. Kasey Smith

English

"Heartbeat"

Failed to qualify

12

35

2015

Molly Sterling

English

"Playing with Numbers"

12

35

2016

Nicky Byrne

English

"Sunlight"

15

46

2017

Brendan Murray

English

"Dying to Try"

13

86

2018

Ryan O'Shaughnessy

English

"Together"

16

136

6

179

2019

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