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Statistics | |
Member station | RTÉ |
Appearances | 53 |
First participation | 1965 |
Best result | 1st: 1970, 1980, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996 |
Worst result | 15th: SF 2008, SF 2016 |
Year | Artist | Song | Semi-final placing |
Final placing |
1965 | Butch Moore | Walking the Streets in the Rain | 6th | |
1966 | Dickie Rock | Come Back to Stay | 4th | |
1967 | Sean Dunphy | If I Could Choose | 2nd | |
1968 | Pat McGeegan | Chance of a Lifetime | 4th | |
1969 | Muriel Day | The Wages of Love | 7th | |
1970 | Dana | All Kinds of Everything | 1st | |
1971 | Angela Farrell | One Day Love | 11th | |
1972 | Sandie Love | Ceol an ghrá | 15th | |
1973 | Maxi | Do I Dream | 10th | |
1974 | Tina Reynolds | Cross Your Heart | 7th | |
1975 | The Swarbriggs | That’s What Friends Are For | 9th | |
1976 | Red Hurley | When | 10th | |
1977 | The Swarbriggs Plus Two | It’s Nice to Be in Love Again | 3rd | |
1978 | Colm C. T. Wilkinson | Born to Sing | 5th | |
1979 | Cathal Dunne | Happy Man | 5th | |
1980 | Johnny Logan | What’s Another Year | 1st | |
1981 | Sheeba | Horoscopes | 5th | |
1982 | The Duskeys | Here Today Gone Tomorrow | 11th | |
1984 | Linda Martin | Terminal 3 | 2nd | |
1985 | Maria Christian | Wait Until the Weekend Comes | 6th | |
1986 | Luv Bug | You Can Count On Me | 4th | |
1987 | Johnny Logan | Hold Me Now | 1st | |
1988 | Jump the Gun | Take Him Home | 8th | |
1989 | Kiev Connolly & The Missing Passengers | The Real Me | 18th | |
1990 | Liam Reilly | Somewhere in Europe | 2nd | |
1991 | Kim Jackson | Could It Be That I’m in Love | 10th | |
1992 | Linda Martin | Why Me? | 1st | |
1993 | Niamh Kavanagh | In Your Eyes | 1st | |
1994 | Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan | Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids | 1st | |
1995 | Eddie Friel | Dreamin’ | 14th | |
1996 | Eimear Quinn | The Voice | 1st | |
1997 | Marc Roberts | Mysterious Woman | 2nd | |
1998 | Dawn Martin | Is Always Over Now? | 9th | |
1999 | The Mullans | When You Need Me | 17th | |
2000 | Eamonn Toal | Millennium of Love | 6th | |
2001 | Gary O’Shaughnessy | Without Your Love | 21st | |
2003 | Mickey Harte | We’ve Got the World | 11th | |
2004 | Chris Doran | If My World Stopped Turning | – | 23rd |
2005 | Donna & Joe | Love? | 14th | – |
2006 | Brian Kennedy | Every Song Is a Cry for Love | 9th | 10th |
2007 | Dervish | They Can’t Stop the Spring | – | 24th |
2008 | Dustin the Turkey | Irelande Douze Pointe | 15th (SF1) | – |
2009 | Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy | Et Cetera | 11th (SF2) | – |
2010 | Niamh Kavanagh | It’s for You | 9th (SF2) | 23rd |
2011 | Jedward | Lipstick | 8th (SF2) | 8th |
2012 | Jedward | Waterline | 6th (SF1) | 19th |
2013 | Ryan Dolan | Only Love Survives | 8th (SF1) | 26th |
2014 | Can-Linn feat. Kasey Smith | Heartbeat | 12th (SF2) | – |
2015 | Molly Sterling | Playing With Numbers | 12th (SF2) | – |
2016 | Nicky Byrne | Sunlight | 15th (SF2) | – |
2017 | Brendan Murray | Dying to Try | 13th (SF2) | – |
2018 | Ryan O’Shaughnessy | Together | 6th (SF1) | 16th |
2019 | Sarah McTernan | 22 | 18th (SF2) | – |
Year | Singer | Song |
2020 | Lesley Roy | Story of My Life |