Ireland in the Eurovision Song Festival 3

Ireland participated in the Eurovision Song Festival 3 with the song "Chained to the rhythm" written by Danny Lockwood, Rob Newman, Ben Leiser and Javier Jimenez. The song was performed by Katy Perry and Skip Marley. The Irish entry for the third contest in Kraków, Poland was selected through the national final Is é seo cad is maith linn 3, 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, "Chained to the rhythm" performed by Katy Perry and Skip Marley 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 	Janet Devlin 	"House of cards" 	3 	3 	3 	2 	2 	2 	15 	9
02 	ENYA 	"May it be" 	2 	2 	4 	3 	7 	4 	22 	8
03 	Celtic Woman ft Oonagh 	"Tír na nóg" 	7 	12 	10 	8 	10 	6 	53 	3
04 	Clare Maguire 	"The shield and the sword"	6 	7 	6 	7 	3 	8 	37 	4
05 	Aine Cahill 	"The pictures" 	5 	6 	5 	6 	4 	7 	33 	5
06 	Tulisa 	"Living without you" 	10 	8 	8 	10 	8 	10 	54 	2
07 	Leona Lewis 	"I see you" 	1 	1 	1 	1 	1 	1 	6 	10
08 	Katy Perry ft Skip Marley	"Chained to the rhythm" 	12 	10 	12 	12 	12 	12 	70 	1
09 	Phildel ft Sleepthief 	"Dust and cloud" 	4 	5 	7 	5 	6 	5 	32 	6
10 	Ryan Dolan 	"Start again" 	8 	4 	2 	4 	5 	3 	26 	7