Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Ireland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 58 times since its debut in . Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) is the Irish broadcaster. Ireland had missed only two contests: , and .

Ireland's seven victories was achieved with the following songs:
- Dana — All Kinds of Everything ()
- Johnny Logan — What's Another Year ()
- Johnny Logan — Hold Me Now ()
- Linda Martin — Why Me? ()
- Niamh Kavanagh — In Your Eyes ()
- Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan — Rock 'n' Roll Kids ()
- Eimear Quinn — The Voice ()

## Participation overview

|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FFD700;"|1|First place|
| --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|2|Second place|
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|3|Third place|
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|◁|Last place|
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#A4EAA9;"|**X**|Entry selected but did not compete|

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Artist|scope="col"|Song|scope="col"|Language|scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|Final|scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|Points|scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|Semi|scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|Points|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Butch Moore|"I'm Walking the Streets in the Rain"|English|style="text-align:center;"|6|style="text-align:center;"|11|colspan="2" rowspan="27"|||||||||
|Dickie Rock|"Come Back to Stay"|English|style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|14||||||||||
|Sean Dunphy|"If I Could Choose"|English|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|2|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|22||||||||||
|Pat McGeegan|"Chance of a Lifetime"|English|style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|18||||||||||
|Muriel Day|"The Wages of Love"|English|style="text-align:center;"|7|style="text-align:center;"|10||||||||||
|Dana|"All Kinds of Everything"|English|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|32||||||||||
|Angela Farrell|"One Day Love"|English|style="text-align:center;"|11|style="text-align:center;"|79||||||||||
|Sandie Jones|""|Irish|style="text-align:center;"|15|style="text-align:center;"|72||||||||||
|Maxi|"Do I Dream?"|English|style="text-align:center;"|10|style="text-align:center;"|80||||||||||
|Tina Reynolds|"Cross Your Heart"|English|style="text-align:center;"|7|style="text-align:center;"|11||||||||||
|The Swarbriggs|"That's What Friends Are For"|English|style="text-align:center;"|9|style="text-align:center;"|68||||||||||
|Red Hurley|"When?"|English|style="text-align:center;"|10|style="text-align:center;"|54||||||||||
|The Swarbriggs Plus Two|"It's Nice to Be in Love Again"|English|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|3|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|119||||||||||
|Colm C. T. Wilkinson|"Born to Sing"|English|style="text-align:center;"|5|style="text-align:center;"|86||||||||||
|Cathal Dunne|"Happy Man"|English|style="text-align:center;"|5|style="text-align:center;"|80||||||||||
|Johnny Logan|"What's Another Year?"|English|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|143||||||||||
|Sheeba|"Horoscopes"|English|style="text-align:center;"|5|style="text-align:center;"|105||||||||||
|The Duskeys|"Here Today, Gone Tomorrow"|English|style="text-align:center;"|11|style="text-align:center;"|49||||||||||
|Linda Martin|"Terminal 3"|English|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|2|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|137||||||||||
|Maria Christian|"Wait Until the Weekend Comes"|English|style="text-align:center;"|6|style="text-align:center;"|91||||||||||
|Luv Bug|"You Can Count On Me"|English|style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|96||||||||||
|Johnny Logan|"Hold Me Now"|English|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|172||||||||||
|Jump the Gun|"Take Him Home"|English|style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|79||||||||||
|Kiev Connolly and the Missing Passengers|"The Real Me"|English|style="text-align:center;"|18|style="text-align:center;"|21||||||||||
|Liam Reilly|"Somewhere in Europe"|English|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|2|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|132||||||||||
|Kim Jackson|"Could It Be That I'm in Love?"|English|style="text-align:center;"|10|style="text-align:center;"|47||||||||||
|Linda Martin|"Why Me?"|English|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|155||||||||||
|Niamh Kavanagh|"In Your Eyes"|English|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|187|colspan="2"|||||||||
|Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan|"Rock 'n' Roll Kids"|English|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|226|colspan="2" rowspan="2"|||||||||
|Eddie Friel|"Dreamin'<span style="padding-left:.15em;">"</span>|English|style="text-align:center;"|14|style="text-align:center;"|44||||||||||
|Eimear Quinn|"The Voice"|English|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|162|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|2|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|198||||||
|Marc Roberts|"Mysterious Woman"|English|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|2|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|157|colspan="2" rowspan="6"|||||||||
|Dawn Martin|"Is Always Over Now?"|English|style="text-align:center;"|9|style="text-align:center;"|64||||||||||
|The Mullans|"When You Need Me"|English|style="text-align:center;"|17|style="text-align:center;"|18||||||||||
|Eamonn Toal|"Millennium of Love"|English|style="text-align:center;"|6|style="text-align:center;"|92||||||||||
|Gary O'Shaughnessy|"Without Your Love"|English|style="text-align:center;"|21|style="text-align:center;"|6||||||||||
|Mickey Harte|"We've Got the World"|English|style="text-align:center;"|11|style="text-align:center;"|53||||||||||
|Chris Doran|"If My World Stopped Turning"|English|style="text-align:center;"|22|style="text-align:center;"|7|colspan="2"|||||||||
|Donna and Joe|"Love?"|English|colspan="2"|style="text-align:center;"|14|style="text-align:center;"|53|||||||||
|Brian Kennedy|"Every Song Is a Cry for Love"|English|style="text-align:center;"|10|style="text-align:center;"|93|style="text-align:center;"|9|style="text-align:center;"|79||||||
|Dervish|"They Can't Stop the Spring"|English|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|24 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|5|colspan="2"|||||||||
|Dustin the Turkey|"Irelande Douze Pointe"|English|colspan="2" rowspan="2"|style="text-align:center;"|15|style="text-align:center;"|22|||||||||
|Sinéad Mulvey and Black Daisy|"Et Cetera"|English|style="text-align:center;"|11|style="text-align:center;"|52||||||||||
|Niamh Kavanagh|"It's for You"|English|style="text-align:center;"|23|style="text-align:center;"|25|style="text-align:center;"|9|style="text-align:center;"|67||||||
|Jedward|"Lipstick"|English|style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|119|style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|68||||||
|Jedward|"Waterline"|English|style="text-align:center;"|19|style="text-align:center;"|46|style="text-align:center;"|6|style="text-align:center;"|92||||||
|Ryan Dolan|"Only Love Survives"|English|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|26 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|5|style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|54||||||
|Can-linn  Kasey Smith|"Heartbeat"|English|colspan="2" rowspan="4"|style="text-align:center;"|12|style="text-align:center;"|35|||||||||
|Molly Sterling|"Playing with Numbers"|English|style="text-align:center;"|12|style="text-align:center;"|35||||||||||
|Nicky Byrne|"Sunlight"|English|style="text-align:center;"|15|style="text-align:center;"|46||||||||||
|Brendan Murray|"Dying to Try"|English|style="text-align:center;"|13|style="text-align:center;"|86||||||||||
|Ryan O'Shaughnessy|"Together"|English|style="text-align:center;"|16|style="text-align:center;"|136|style="text-align:center;"|6|style="text-align:center;"|179||||||
|Sarah McTernan|"22"|English|colspan="2"|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|18 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|16|||||||||
|Lesley Roy|"Story of My Life"|English|colspan="4"  **X**|||||||||||||
|Lesley Roy|"Maps"|English|colspan="2" rowspan=3|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|16 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|20|||||||||
|Brooke|"That's Rich"|English|style="text-align:center;"|15|style="text-align:center;"|47||||||||||
|Wild Youth|"We Are One"|English|style="text-align:center;"|12|style="text-align:center;"|10||||||||||
|Bambie Thug|"Doomsday Blue"|English|style="text-align:center;"|6|style="text-align:center;"|278|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|3|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|124||||||
|Emmy|"Laika Party"|English|colspan="2"|style="text-align:center;"|13|style="text-align:center;"|28|||||||||

## Hostings

Ireland has hosted the contest seven times, six times in Dublin (, , , , , ), and one time in Milstreet ().

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Location|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Dublin|Gaiety Theatre||||||
|rowspan="2"|RDS Simmonscourt|||||||
|Millstreet|Green Glens Arena|||||||
|rowspan="3"|Dublin|rowspan="3"|Point Theatre|||||

## Infobox (song contest country)

- **name**: Ireland
- **contest**: ESC
- **broadcaster**: (RTÉ; 2010–present)
- **apps**: 58 (46 finals)
- **highest**: 1st: , , , , , ,
- **host**: , , , , , ,
- **website**: [http://www.rte.ie/eurovision RTÉ page]
- **current**: 2025