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Ireland

Ireland first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1965. The country famously won four out of five contests in the 1990s and became the first country to win three times in a row. Ireland has won the Eurovision Song Contest a record seven times in total.

Ireland made its debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1965, finishing sixth with the song Walking The Streets In The Rain which was performed by Butch Moore. Ireland got off to a strong start in the contest and scored its first victory in 1970 with Dana and All Kinds of Everything (#7 in our Irish Top 10). Dana later turned the song into a hit all over Europe, and enjoyed a successful singing career in the 1970s before embarking on a career in politics. 
Johnny Logan became Ireland's second Eurovision winner with What's Another Year? in 1980 before going on repeat this success in 1987 with Hold Me Now. Logan became the only singer to win the contest twice as a singer, a record he still holds.
The 1990s were Ireland’s golden era in the Eurovision Song Contest, where the country won the competition four times in five years, a record no country has come close to beating since.
Since its debut Ireland has only missed the contest twice, in 1983 and 2002.    

The basics

Full country name

Republic of Ireland

Capital

Dublin

Facts

First participation

1965 (Butch Moore)

Victories

1970 (Dana)

1993 (Niamh Kavanagh)

1980 (Johnny Logan)

1987 (Johnny Logan)

1992 (Linda Martin)

1994 (Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan)

Hosts

Featured participant

Ireland

Ryan O'Shaughnessy

Lisbon 2018

Event	Represented by	Song	Points	Rank
Naples 1965	Butch Moore	I'm Walking The Streets In The Rain	11	6
Luxembourg 1966	Dickie Rock	Come Back To Stay	14	4
Vienna 1967	Sean Dunphy	If I Could Choose	22	2
London 1968	Pat McGeegan	Chance Of A Lifetime	18	4
Madrid 1969	Muriel Day and the Lindsays	The Wages Of Love	10	7
Amsterdam 1970	Dana	All Kinds Of Everything	32	1
Dublin 1971	Angela Farrell	One Day Love	79	11
Edinburgh 1972	Sandie Jones	Ceol On Ghrá	72	15
Luxembourg 1973	Maxi	Do I Dream?	80	10
Brighton 1974	Tina	Cross Your Heart	11	7
Stockholm 1975	The Swarbriggs	That's What Friends Are For	68	9
The Hague 1976	Red Hurley	When	54	10
London 1977	The Swarbriggs Plus Two	It's Nice To Be In Love Again	119	3
Paris 1978	Colm T. Wilkinson	Born To Sing	86	5
Jerusalem 1979	Cathal Dunne	Happy Man	80	5
The Hague 1980	Johnny Logan	What's Another Year	143	1
Dublin 1981	Sheeba	Horoscopes	105	5
Harrogate 1982	The Duskeys	Here Today, Gone Tomorrow	49	11
Luxembourg 1984	Linda Martin	Terminal '3'	137	2
Gothenburg 1985	Maria Christian	Wait Until The Weekend Comes	91	6
Bergen 1986	Luv Bug	You Can Count On Me	96	4
Brussels 1987	Johnny Logan	Hold Me Now	172	1
Dublin 1988	Jump the Gun	Take Him Home	79	8
Lausanne 1989	Kiev Connolly and the Missing Passengers	The Real Me	21	18
Zagreb 1990	Liam Reilly	Somewhere In Europe	132	2
Rome 1991	Kim Jackson	Could It Be That I'm In Love	47	10
Malmö 1992	Linda Martin	Why Me	155	1
Millstreet 1993	Niamh Kavanagh	In Your Eyes	187	1
Dublin 1994	Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan	Rock 'n' Roll Kids	226	1
Dublin 1995	Eddie Friel	Dreamin'	44	14
Oslo 1996	Eimear Quinn	The Voice	162	1
Dublin 1997	Marc Roberts	Mysterious Woman	157	2
Birmingham 1998	Dawn	Is Always Over Now?	64	9
Jerusalem 1999	The Mullan's	When You Need Me	18	17
Stockholm 2000	Eamonn Toal	Millennium Of Love	92	6
Copenhagen 2001	Gary O'Shaughnessy	Without Your Love	6	21
Riga 2003	Mickey Harte	Weve Got The World	53	11
Istanbul 2004	Chris Doran	If My World Stopped Turning
Grand Final			7	22
Kyiv 2005	Donna and Joseph McCaul	Love?
Semi-Final			53	14
Athens 2006	Brian Kennedy	Every Song Is A Cry For Love
Semi-Final			79	9
Grand Final			93	10
Helsinki 2007	Dervish	They Can't Stop The Spring
Grand Final			5	24
Belgrade 2008	Dustin the Turkey	Irelande Douze Pointe
First Semi-Final			22	15
Moscow 2009	Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy	Et Cetera
Second Semi-Final			52	11
Oslo 2010	Niamh Kavanagh	It's For You
Grand Final			25	23
Second Semi-Final			67	9
Düsseldorf 2011	Jedward	Lipstick
Second Semi-Final			68	8
Grand Final			119	8
Baku 2012	Jedward	Waterline
First Semi-Final			92	6
Grand Final			46	19
Malmö 2013	Ryan Dolan	Only Love Survives
Grand Final			5	26
First Semi-Final			54	8
Copenhagen 2014	Can-Linn (featuring Kasey Smith)	Heartbeat
Second Semi-Final			35	12
Vienna 2015	Molly Sterling	Playing With Numbers
Second Semi-Final			35	12
Stockholm 2016	Nicky Byrne	Sunlight
Second Semi-Final			46	15
Kyiv 2017	Brendan Murray	Dying to Try
Second Semi-Final			86	13
Lisbon 2018	Ryan O'Shaughnessy	Together
First Semi-Final			179	6
Grand Final			136	16

Ireland made its debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1965, finishing sixth with the song Walking The Streets In The Rain which was performed by Butch Moore. Ireland got off to a strong start in the contest and scored its first victory in 1970 with Dana and All Kinds of Everything (#7 in our Irish Top 10). Dana later turned the song into a hit all over Europe, and enjoyed a successful singing career in the 1970s before embarking on a career in politics. 
Johnny Logan became Ireland's second Eurovision winner with What's Another Year? in 1980 before going on repeat this success in 1987 with Hold Me Now. Logan became the only singer to win the contest twice as a singer, a record he still holds.
The 1990s were Ireland’s golden era in the Eurovision Song Contest, where the country won the competition four times in five years, a record no country has come close to beating since.
Since its debut Ireland has only missed the contest twice, in 1983 and 2002.    

The basics

Full country name

Republic of Ireland

Capital

Dublin

Facts

First participation

1965 (Butch Moore)

Victories

1970 (Dana)

1993 (Niamh Kavanagh)

1980 (Johnny Logan)

1987 (Johnny Logan)

1992 (Linda Martin)

1994 (Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan)

Hosts

Featured participant

Ireland

Ryan O'Shaughnessy

Lisbon 2018

Event	Represented by	Song	Points	Rank
Naples 1965	Butch Moore	I'm Walking The Streets In The Rain	11	6
Luxembourg 1966	Dickie Rock	Come Back To Stay	14	4
Vienna 1967	Sean Dunphy	If I Could Choose	22	2
London 1968	Pat McGeegan	Chance Of A Lifetime	18	4
Madrid 1969	Muriel Day and the Lindsays	The Wages Of Love	10	7
Amsterdam 1970	Dana	All Kinds Of Everything	32	1
Dublin 1971	Angela Farrell	One Day Love	79	11
Edinburgh 1972	Sandie Jones	Ceol On Ghrá	72	15
Luxembourg 1973	Maxi	Do I Dream?	80	10
Brighton 1974	Tina	Cross Your Heart	11	7
Stockholm 1975	The Swarbriggs	That's What Friends Are For	68	9
The Hague 1976	Red Hurley	When	54	10
London 1977	The Swarbriggs Plus Two	It's Nice To Be In Love Again	119	3
Paris 1978	Colm T. Wilkinson	Born To Sing	86	5
Jerusalem 1979	Cathal Dunne	Happy Man	80	5
The Hague 1980	Johnny Logan	What's Another Year	143	1
Dublin 1981	Sheeba	Horoscopes	105	5
Harrogate 1982	The Duskeys	Here Today, Gone Tomorrow	49	11
Luxembourg 1984	Linda Martin	Terminal '3'	137	2
Gothenburg 1985	Maria Christian	Wait Until The Weekend Comes	91	6
Bergen 1986	Luv Bug	You Can Count On Me	96	4
Brussels 1987	Johnny Logan	Hold Me Now	172	1
Dublin 1988	Jump the Gun	Take Him Home	79	8
Lausanne 1989	Kiev Connolly and the Missing Passengers	The Real Me	21	18
Zagreb 1990	Liam Reilly	Somewhere In Europe	132	2
Rome 1991	Kim Jackson	Could It Be That I'm In Love	47	10
Malmö 1992	Linda Martin	Why Me	155	1
Millstreet 1993	Niamh Kavanagh	In Your Eyes	187	1
Dublin 1994	Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan	Rock 'n' Roll Kids	226	1
Dublin 1995	Eddie Friel	Dreamin'	44	14
Oslo 1996	Eimear Quinn	The Voice	162	1
Dublin 1997	Marc Roberts	Mysterious Woman	157	2
Birmingham 1998	Dawn	Is Always Over Now?	64	9
Jerusalem 1999	The Mullan's	When You Need Me	18	17
Stockholm 2000	Eamonn Toal	Millennium Of Love	92	6
Copenhagen 2001	Gary O'Shaughnessy	Without Your Love	6	21
Riga 2003	Mickey Harte	Weve Got The World	53	11
Istanbul 2004	Chris Doran	If My World Stopped Turning
Grand Final			7	22
Kyiv 2005	Donna and Joseph McCaul	Love?
Semi-Final			53	14
Athens 2006	Brian Kennedy	Every Song Is A Cry For Love
Semi-Final			79	9
Grand Final			93	10
Helsinki 2007	Dervish	They Can't Stop The Spring
Grand Final			5	24
Belgrade 2008	Dustin the Turkey	Irelande Douze Pointe
First Semi-Final			22	15
Moscow 2009	Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy	Et Cetera
Second Semi-Final			52	11
Oslo 2010	Niamh Kavanagh	It's For You
Grand Final			25	23
Second Semi-Final			67	9
Düsseldorf 2011	Jedward	Lipstick
Second Semi-Final			68	8
Grand Final			119	8
Baku 2012	Jedward	Waterline
First Semi-Final			92	6
Grand Final			46	19
Malmö 2013	Ryan Dolan	Only Love Survives
Grand Final			5	26
First Semi-Final			54	8
Copenhagen 2014	Can-Linn (featuring Kasey Smith)	Heartbeat
Second Semi-Final			35	12
Vienna 2015	Molly Sterling	Playing With Numbers
Second Semi-Final			35	12
Stockholm 2016	Nicky Byrne	Sunlight
Second Semi-Final			46	15
Kyiv 2017	Brendan Murray	Dying to Try
Second Semi-Final			86	13
Lisbon 2018	Ryan O'Shaughnessy	Together
First Semi-Final			179	6
Grand Final			136	16

The basics

Full country name

Republic of Ireland

Capital

Dublin

Facts

First participation

1965 (Butch Moore)

Victories

1970 (Dana)

1993 (Niamh Kavanagh)

1980 (Johnny Logan)

1987 (Johnny Logan)

1992 (Linda Martin)

1994 (Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan)

Hosts

Ireland made its debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1965, finishing sixth with the song Walking The Streets In The Rain which was performed by Butch Moore. Ireland got off to a strong start in the contest and scored its first victory in 1970 with Dana and All Kinds of Everything (#7 in our Irish Top 10). Dana later turned the song into a hit all over Europe, and enjoyed a successful singing career in the 1970s before embarking on a career in politics. 
Johnny Logan became Ireland's second Eurovision winner with What's Another Year? in 1980 before going on repeat this success in 1987 with Hold Me Now. Logan became the only singer to win the contest twice as a singer, a record he still holds.
The 1990s were Ireland’s golden era in the Eurovision Song Contest, where the country won the competition four times in five years, a record no country has come close to beating since.
Since its debut Ireland has only missed the contest twice, in 1983 and 2002.    

Featured participant

Ireland

Ryan O'Shaughnessy

Lisbon 2018

Event	Represented by	Song	Points	Rank
Naples 1965	Butch Moore	I'm Walking The Streets In The Rain	11	6
Luxembourg 1966	Dickie Rock	Come Back To Stay	14	4
Vienna 1967	Sean Dunphy	If I Could Choose	22	2
London 1968	Pat McGeegan	Chance Of A Lifetime	18	4
Madrid 1969	Muriel Day and the Lindsays	The Wages Of Love	10	7
Amsterdam 1970	Dana	All Kinds Of Everything	32	1
Dublin 1971	Angela Farrell	One Day Love	79	11
Edinburgh 1972	Sandie Jones	Ceol On Ghrá	72	15
Luxembourg 1973	Maxi	Do I Dream?	80	10
Brighton 1974	Tina	Cross Your Heart	11	7
Stockholm 1975	The Swarbriggs	That's What Friends Are For	68	9
The Hague 1976	Red Hurley	When	54	10
London 1977	The Swarbriggs Plus Two	It's Nice To Be In Love Again	119	3
Paris 1978	Colm T. Wilkinson	Born To Sing	86	5
Jerusalem 1979	Cathal Dunne	Happy Man	80	5
The Hague 1980	Johnny Logan	What's Another Year	143	1
Dublin 1981	Sheeba	Horoscopes	105	5
Harrogate 1982	The Duskeys	Here Today, Gone Tomorrow	49	11
Luxembourg 1984	Linda Martin	Terminal '3'	137	2
Gothenburg 1985	Maria Christian	Wait Until The Weekend Comes	91	6
Bergen 1986	Luv Bug	You Can Count On Me	96	4
Brussels 1987	Johnny Logan	Hold Me Now	172	1
Dublin 1988	Jump the Gun	Take Him Home	79	8
Lausanne 1989	Kiev Connolly and the Missing Passengers	The Real Me	21	18
Zagreb 1990	Liam Reilly	Somewhere In Europe	132	2
Rome 1991	Kim Jackson	Could It Be That I'm In Love	47	10
Malmö 1992	Linda Martin	Why Me	155	1
Millstreet 1993	Niamh Kavanagh	In Your Eyes	187	1
Dublin 1994	Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan	Rock 'n' Roll Kids	226	1
Dublin 1995	Eddie Friel	Dreamin'	44	14
Oslo 1996	Eimear Quinn	The Voice	162	1
Dublin 1997	Marc Roberts	Mysterious Woman	157	2
Birmingham 1998	Dawn	Is Always Over Now?	64	9
Jerusalem 1999	The Mullan's	When You Need Me	18	17
Stockholm 2000	Eamonn Toal	Millennium Of Love	92	6
Copenhagen 2001	Gary O'Shaughnessy	Without Your Love	6	21
Riga 2003	Mickey Harte	Weve Got The World	53	11
Istanbul 2004	Chris Doran	If My World Stopped Turning
Grand Final			7	22
Kyiv 2005	Donna and Joseph McCaul	Love?
Semi-Final			53	14
Athens 2006	Brian Kennedy	Every Song Is A Cry For Love
Semi-Final			79	9
Grand Final			93	10
Helsinki 2007	Dervish	They Can't Stop The Spring
Grand Final			5	24
Belgrade 2008	Dustin the Turkey	Irelande Douze Pointe
First Semi-Final			22	15
Moscow 2009	Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy	Et Cetera
Second Semi-Final			52	11
Oslo 2010	Niamh Kavanagh	It's For You
Grand Final			25	23
Second Semi-Final			67	9
Düsseldorf 2011	Jedward	Lipstick
Second Semi-Final			68	8
Grand Final			119	8
Baku 2012	Jedward	Waterline
First Semi-Final			92	6
Grand Final			46	19
Malmö 2013	Ryan Dolan	Only Love Survives
Grand Final			5	26
First Semi-Final			54	8
Copenhagen 2014	Can-Linn (featuring Kasey Smith)	Heartbeat
Second Semi-Final			35	12
Vienna 2015	Molly Sterling	Playing With Numbers
Second Semi-Final			35	12
Stockholm 2016	Nicky Byrne	Sunlight
Second Semi-Final			46	15
Kyiv 2017	Brendan Murray	Dying to Try
Second Semi-Final			86	13
Lisbon 2018	Ryan O'Shaughnessy	Together
First Semi-Final			179	6
Grand Final			136	16

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