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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
Featured participant
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 | ||
| Tel Aviv 2019 | Sarah McTernan | 22 | ||
| Second Semi-Final | ||||
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
Facts
Featured participant
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 | ||
| Tel Aviv 2019 | Sarah McTernan | 22 | ||
| Second Semi-Final | ||||
The basics
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.
Featured participant
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 | ||
| Tel Aviv 2019 | Sarah McTernan | 22 | ||
| Second Semi-Final | ||||
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