Ireland in the Eurovision Song Festival 1

Ireland participated in the Eurovision Song Festival 1 with the song "Memories" written by 5 songwriters. The song was performed by Nikki Kavanagh. The Irish entry for the 2016 contest in Bratislava, Slovakia was selected through the national final Is é seo cad is maith linn October 2016, organised by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). An initial 10 entries competed in the national final which consisted of one show: the final. Entries were selected to advance in the competition based on the votes of a five-member judging panel as well as the votes from the public. In the final, "Merories" performed by Nikki Kavanagh was selected as the winner based on a public vote and a jury-vote.
==Is é seo cad is maith linn==
===Final===
Draw	Artist 	Song 	N. Byrne	Can-Linn	J. Logan	B. Kennedy	Jedward	Public	Total	Result
01 	Aisling 	"Hallelujah" 	6 	10 	8 	12 	10 	10 	56 	2
02 	Celtic Women 	"Danny boy" 	3 	2 	2 	2 	1 	4 	14 	9
03 	Tulisa 	"Living without you" 	8 	8 	10 	5 	7 	7 	45 	4
04 	The saturdays 	"Up" 	5 	4 	3 	3 	3 	2 	20 	8
05 	Nikki Kavanagh 	"Memories" 	7 	12 	12 	10 	12 	8 	61 	1
06 	ENYA 	"Only time" 	1 	3 	4 	7 	4 	3 	22 	7
07 	Chloë Agnew 	"To where you are" 	2 	5 	5 	6 	5 	5 	28 	6
08 	Rixton 	"Me and my broken heart"	10 	6 	6 	4 	6 	6 	38 	5
09 	Hudson Taylor 	"Battles" 	4 	1 	1 	1 	2 	1 	10 	10
10 	Kygo ft Kodaline	"Raging" 	12 	7 	7 	8 	8 	12 	54 	3