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 
+ Table key 1 First place 2 Second place 3 Third place ◁ Last place X Entry selected but did not compete

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

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

 Year Location Venue  Dublin Gaiety Theatre  RDS Simmonscourt     Millstreet Green Glens Arena   Dublin Point Theatre     

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 References 

Category:Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest