Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participating broadcaster	Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)
Participation summary
Appearances	57 (46 finals)
First appearance	1965
Highest placement	1st: 1970, 1980, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996
Host	1971, 1981, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997
Participation history 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
External links
RTÉ page
Ireland's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024

Ireland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 57 times since making its debut at the 1965 contest in Naples, missing only two contests since, in 1983 and 2002. The Irish participant broadcaster in the contest is Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). Ireland shares a joint record total of seven wins with Sweden, and is the only country to have won three times consecutively. Ireland has finished second four times, while Sweden has done that just once.

Ireland's seven wins were achieved by the following songs: "All Kinds of Everything" performed by Dana (1970), "What's Another Year?" (1980) and "Hold Me Now" (1987) both by Johnny Logan, "Why Me?" by Linda Martin (1992), "In Your Eyes" by Niamh Kavanagh (1993), "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" by Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan (1994), and "The Voice" by Eimear Quinn (1996). Logan also wrote the 1992 winning entry. Ireland, who also finished second with "If I Could Choose" by Sean Dunphy (1967), "Terminal 3" by Linda Martin (1984), "Somewhere in Europe" by Liam Reilly (1990), and "Mysterious Woman" by Marc Roberts (1997), has a total of 18 top five results.

Since the introduction of the qualifying round in 1994, Ireland has won the contest twice. Since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, Ireland has failed to reach the final 11 times, and has twice finished last in the final, in 2007 and 2013. Ireland's only top 10 result between 2007 and 2023 was an eighth-place with "Lipstick" by Jedward in 2011. "Doomsday Blue" by Bambie Thug scored another top ten result for Ireland by finishing sixth in 2024, marking Ireland's best result in 24 years.