Ireland in the Eurovision Song Festival 2

Ireland participated in the Eurovision Song Festival 1 with the song "Hallelujah" written by Aisling. The song was performed by Aisling herself. The Irish entry for the second contest in Tallinn, Estonia was selected through the national final Is é seo cad is maith linn 2, 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, "Hallelujah" performed by Aisling 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 	Tulisa 	"Living without you" 	12 	7 	7 	6 	7 	7 	46 	4
02 	Celtic Women 	"You raise me up" 	5 	8 	12 	10 	8 	8 	51 	2
03 	Aisling 	"Hallelujah" 	6 	12 	10 	12 	10 	10 	60 	1
04 	ENYA 	"May it be" 	4 	10 	8 	8 	12 	6 	48 	3
05 	The saturdays 	"Disco love" 	10 	4 	4 	3 	3 	2 	26 	7
06 	Rixton 	"Me and my broken heart"	3 	3 	5 	7 	5 	5 	28 	6
07 	Hozier 	"Take me to church" 	2 	2 	1 	2 	1 	4 	12 	10
08 	Chloë Agnew 	"To where you are" 	1 	6 	3 	4 	4 	1 	19 	8
09 	Kygo ft Kodaline 	"Raging" 	8 	5 	6 	5 	6 	12 	42 	5
10 	The Script ft. will.i.am	"Hall of fame" 	7 	1 	2 	1 	2 	3 	16 	9