Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest [escChat.com]

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Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Ireland
Number of participations: 53

Debut: 1965 - Italy (Naples)

Recent: 2017 - Ukraine (Kyiv)

Songs sent by Ireland

Draw		Entry	% of max points	Edition	Points	Position
02	Ireland	22 Sarah McTernan	-9999-	2019	-9999-	9999-
24	Ireland	Together Ryan O'Shaughnessy	-9999-	2018	-9999-	9999-
09	Ireland	Dying to Try Brendan Murray	-9999-	2017	-91486 (SF)	101313 (DNQ)
07	Ireland	Sunlight Nicky Byrne	-9999-	2016	-95446 (SF)	101515 (DNQ)
02	Ireland	Playing With Numbers Molly Sterling	14.58%	2015	-96535 (SF)	101212 (DNQ)
09	Ireland	Heartbeat Can-Linn feat. Kasey Smith	17.16%	2014	-96535 (SF)	101212 (DNQ)
26	Ireland	Only Love Survives Ryan Dolan	1.10%	2013	5	26
23	Ireland	Waterline Jedward	9.35%	2012	46	19
06	Ireland	Lipstick Jedward	23.61%	2011	119	8
10	Ireland	It's For You Niamh Kavanagh	5.48%	2010	25	23
02	Ireland	Et Cetera Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy	20.63%	2009	-94852 (SF)	101111 (DNQ)
11	Ireland	Irelande Douze Pointe Dustin the Turkey	9.17%	2008	-97822 (SF)	101515 (DNQ)
04	Ireland	They Can't Stop The Spring Dervish	1.02%	2007	5	24
21	Ireland	Every Song Is A Cry For Love Brian Kennedy	20.95%	2006	93	10
22	Ireland	Love? Donna and Joseph McCaul	11.62%	2005	-94753 (SF)	101414 (DNQ)
18	Ireland	If My World Stopped Turning Chris Doran	1.67%	2004	7	22
03	Ireland	We've Got The World Mickey Harte	17.67%	2003	53	11
12	Ireland	Without Your Love Gary O'Shaughnessy	2.27%	2001	6	21
23	Ireland	Millennium Of Love Eamonn Toal	33.33%	2000	92	6
17	Ireland	When You Need Me The Mullan's	6.82%	1999	18	17
13	Ireland	Is Always Over Now? Dawn	22.22%	1998	64	9
05	Ireland	Mysterious Woman Marc Roberts	54.51%	1997	157	2
17	Ireland	The Voice Eimear Quinn	61.36%	1996	162	1
02	Ireland	Dreamin' Eddie Friel	16.67%	1995	44	14
03	Ireland	Rock 'n' Roll Kids Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan	78.47%	1994	226	1
14	Ireland	In Your Eyes Niamh Kavanagh	64.93%	1993	187	1
17	Ireland	Why Me Linda Martin	58.71%	1992	155	1
11	Ireland	Could It Be That I'm In Love Kim Jackson	18.65%	1991	47	10
17	Ireland	Somewhere In Europe Liam Reilly	52.38%	1990	132	2
03	Ireland	The Real Me Kiev Connolly and the Missing Passengers	8.33%	1989	21	18
10	Ireland	Take Him Home Jump the Gun	32.92%	1988	79	8
20	Ireland	Hold Me Now Johnny Logan	68.25%	1987	172	1
12	Ireland	You Can Count On Me Luv Bug	42.11%	1986	96	4
01	Ireland	Wait Until The Weekend Comes Maria Christian	42.13%	1985	91	6
09	Ireland	Terminal '3' Linda Martin	63.43%	1984	137	2
17	Ireland	Here Today, Gone Tomorrow The Duskeys	24.02%	1982	49	11
12	Ireland	Horoscopes Sheeba	46.05%	1981	105	5
17	Ireland	What's Another Year Johnny Logan	66.20%	1980	143	1
04	Ireland	Happy Man Cathal Dunne	37.04%	1979	80	5
01	Ireland	Born To Sing Colm T. Wilkinson	37.72%	1978	86	5
01	Ireland	It's Nice To Be In Love Again The Swarbriggs Plus Two	58.33%	1977	119	3
07	Ireland	When Red Hurley	26.47%	1976	54	10
02	Ireland	That's What Friends Are For The Swarbriggs	31.48%	1975	68	9
13	Ireland	Cross Your Heart Tina	6.88%	1974	11	7
14	Ireland	Do I Dream? Maxi	50.00%	1973	80	10
03	Ireland	Ceol On Ghrá Sandie Jones	42.35%	1972	72	15
13	Ireland	One Day Love Angela Farrell	46.47%	1971	79	11
12	Ireland	All Kinds Of Everything Dana	29.09%	1970	32	1
05	Ireland	The Wages Of Love Muriel Day and the Lindsays	6.67%	1969	10	7
14	Ireland	Chance Of A Lifetime Pat McGeegan	11.25%	1968	18	4
17	Ireland	If I Could Choose Sean Dunphy	13.75%	1967	22	2
17	Ireland	Come Back To Stay Dickie Rock	9.15%	1966	14	4
04	Ireland	I'm Walking The Streets In The Rain Butch Moore	7.19%	1965	11	6

Points exchange

Showing the points Ireland has received - click here to switch to see the points given.

Ireland has given the most sets of 12 points (8) to Denmark. The most sets of 12 points (8) have been received from the United Kingdom.

12 Points Given		12 Points Received
	8 times to Denmark		8 times from the United Kingdom
	5 times to Latvia		7 times from Switzerland
	5 times to Lithuania		6 times from Sweden
	5 times to Sweden		5 times from Italy
	3 times to Austria		5 times from Norway
	3 times to Italy		4 times from Belgium
	Twice to Belgium		4 times from Denmark
	Twice to Malta		3 times from Austria
	Twice to The Netherlands		3 times from The Netherlands
	Twice to Norway		Twice from Germany
	Twice to Switzerland		Twice from Greece
	Once to Finland		Twice from Malta
	Once to France		Twice from Slovenia
	Once to Germany		Twice from Spain
	Once to Hungary		Twice from Turkey
	Once to Iceland		Once from Bosnia & Herzegovina
	Once to Israel		Once from Croatia
	Once to Luxembourg		Once from Cyprus
	Once to Poland		Once from Estonia
	Once to Romania		Once from Finland
	Once to Slovenia		Once from Iceland
	Once to the United Kingdom		Once from Israel
	Once to Yugoslavia		Once from Lithuania
			Once from Poland
			Once from Portugal
			Once from Russia
			Once from San Marino

Successes and failures of Ireland

The following chart shows the results of Ireland in all editions of the Eurovision Song Contest that Ireland has participated in. The blocks represent the number of participants in each contest. The worm line shows the results of Ireland in each contest. A lower plot point means a better result. Hover over each plot point for detailed information.

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