Ireland's first entry to the Eurovision Song Contest was in 1965 with Butch Moore. Since then, Ireland has been represented at the contest every year apart from 1983 and 2002.
Take a look back at who represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) throughout the years.
1965
Butch Moore 'Walking the Streets in the Rain', Place: 6
1966
Dickie Rock 'Come Back to Stay', Place: 4
1967
Sean Dunphy 'If I Could Choose', Place: 2
1968
Pat McGeegan 'Chance of a Lifetime', Place: 4
1969
Muriel Day 'The Wages of Love', Place: 7
1970 (Winner)
Dana 'All Kinds of Everything', Place: 1
1971
Angela Farrell 'One Day Love', Place: 11
1972
Sandie Jones 'Ceol an Ghrá', Place: 15
1973
Maxi 'Do I Dream', Place: 10
1974
Tina Reynolds 'Cross Your Heart', Place: 7
1975
The Swarbriggs 'That's What Friends Are For', Place: 9
1976
Red Hurley 'When', Place: 10
1977
The Swarbriggs Plus Two 'It's Nice To Be In Love Again', Place: 3
1978
Colm C.T. Wilkinson 'Born to Sing', Place: 5
1979
Cathal Dunne 'Happy Man', Place: 5
1980 (Winner)
Johnny Logan 'What's Another Year?', Place: 1
1981
Sheeba 'Horoscopes', Place: 5
1982
The Duskeys 'Here Today Gone Tomorrow', Place:11
1983
Ireland did not participate
1984
Linda Martin 'Terminal 3', Place: 2
1985
Maria Christian 'Wait Until the Weekend Comes', Place: 6
1986
Luv Bug 'You Can Count On Me', Place: 4
1987 (Winner)
Johnny Logan 'Hold Me Now', Place: 1
1988
Jump the Gun 'Take Him Home', Place: 8
1989
Kiev Connolly & The Missing Passengers 'The Real Me', Place: 18
1990
Liam Reilly 'Somewhere in Europe', Place: 2
1991
Kim Jackson 'Could It Be That I'm In Love', Place: 10
1992 (Winner)
Linda Martin 'Why Me?', Place: 1
1993 (Winner)
Niamh Kavanagh 'In Your Eyes', Place: 1
1994 (Winner)
Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan 'Rock 'n' Roll Kids', Place: 1
1995
Eddie Friel 'Dreamin', Place: 14
1996 (Winner)
Eimear Quinn 'The Voice', Place: 1
1997
Marc Roberts 'Mysterious Woman', Place: 2
1998
Dawn Martin 'Is Always Over Now?', Place: 9
1999
The Mullans 'When You Need Me', Place: 17
2000
Eamonn Toal 'Millennium of Love' Place: 6
2001
Gary O'Shaughnessy 'Without Your Love', Place: 21
2002 Ireland did not participate
2003
Mickey Harte 'We've Got the World', Place: 11
2004
Chris Doran 'If My World Stopped Turning', Place: 23
2005
Donna and Joe 'Love?', Did not qualify
2006
Brian Kennedy 'Every Song Is a Cry for Love', Place: 10
2007
Dervish 'They Can't Stop the Spring', Place: 24
2008
Dustin the Turkey 'Irelande Douze Pointe', Did not qualify
2009
Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy 'Et Cetera', Did not qualify
2010
Niamh Kavanagh 'It's for You', Place: 23
2011
Jedward 'Lipstick', Place: 8
2012
Jedward 'Waterline', Place: 19
2013
Ryan Dolan 'Only Love Survives', Place: 26
2014
Can-Linn feat. Kasey Smith 'Heartbeat', Did not qualify
2015
Molly Sterling 'Playing with Numbers', Did not qualify
2016
Nicky Byrne 'Sunlight', Did not qualify
2017
Brendan Murray 'Dying To Try', Did not qualify
2018
Ryan O'Shaughnessy 'Together', Place: 16
2019
Sarah McTernan '22', Did not qualify
2020
Lesley Roy 'Story of My Life', the ESC did not take place due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
2021
Lesley Roy 'Maps', Did not qualify. Photo: EBU/Andres Putting.
2022
Brooke Scullion 'That's Rich', Did not qualify.
2023
Wild Youth 'We Are One', Did not qualify.
2024
Bambie Thug 'Doomsday Blue', Place: 6.
2025
EMMY 'Laika Party ', Place: Did not qualify.
