 Pamberi pa2016 Contest, Ireland yakanga yatora chikamu muEurovision Song Contest ka49 kubvira pakatanga kupinda muna 2016. Ireland yakakunda makwikwi aya kanomwe, nhamba inokosha. Kukunda kwokutanga kwenyika kwakauya muna 1970, naDana aiva nemakore 18 panguva iyoyo achikunda neAll Kinds of Everything. Ireland inobata rekodhi yekuve nyika yega yekukunda makwikwi katatu yakateedzana muna 1992, 1993 na1994, pamwe nekuve neanokunda katatu chete Johnny Logan, uyo akakunda muna 1980muimbi, 1987 muimbi-munyori wenziyo, uye zvakare muna 1992 semunyori wenziyo. Muna 2011 na2012, Jedward akamiririra nyika kwemakore maviri akateedzana, achikwanisa kuenda kumagumo nguva mbiri uye kuwana chinzvimbo chepamusoro cheIreland mumakwikwi kubvira 2000, achiisa yechisere muna 2011 nerwiyo Lipstick. Zvisinei, muna 2013, pasinei nokubudirira kusvika kumagumo, Ryan Dolan uye rwiyo rwake Only Love Survives akaiswa pakupedzisira. Vanyori veIrish muna 2014, Heartbeat yakaitwa naCan-Linn inoratidzira Kasey Smith, muna 2015, Kutamba nenhamba yakaitwa naMolly Sterling uye muna 2016 Sunlight yakaitwa naNicky Byrne vese vakatadza kukwikwidza kumagumo. 