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List of one-hit wonders in Ireland

This following is a list of one-hit wonders in Ireland, showing Irish musical acts who only managed to score one top forty hit in the Irish singles chart. Many of the One-hit wonders in the UK were also one hit wonders in Ireland, but are not listed here.

1960s

  • Dominic Behan ("Liverpool Lou", 1964)
  • Declan Ryan ("I Need You", 1965)
  • Them ("Here Comes the Night", 1965)
  • Alan Dee ("Michael Murphy's Boy", 1966)
  • The Johnny Flynn Showband ("Black and Tan Gun", 1966)
  • The Kings ("Beautiful Dreamer", 1966)
  • Eddie Mack and the Columbia Showband ("Way Out of Reach", 1966)
  • Terry Mahon ("If I Cried", 1966)
  • The Millionaires ("Winter Winds", 1966)
  • The Broadsiders ("Shores of Amerikay", 1967)
  • Des Kelly ("Streets of Baltimore", 1967)
  • Johnny Kelly ("The Black Velvet Band", 1967)
  • The Tinkers ("Carrickfergus", 1967)
  • Derrick and the Sounds ("Power of Love", 1968)
  • Granny's Intentions ("Never an Everyday Thing", 1968)
  • The Irish Rovers ("The Unicorn", 1968)
  • Kathleen and Deirdre ("Bridal Path", 1968)
  • Pat McGeegan ("Chance of a Lifetime", 1968)
  • Sheelah Mack ("Harper Valley P.T.A.", 1968)
  • The Orange Machine ("Three Jolly Little Dwarfs", 1968)
  • The Pattersons ("I Don't Want to Be a Memory", 1968)
  • Sugar Shack ("Morning Dew", 1968)
  • The Weaver Folk ("Henry My Son", 1968)
  • Pat Campbell ("The Deal", 1969)
  • Martin Codd and the Herdsmen ("Whisper Your Mother's Name", 1969)
  • Muriel Day ("The Wages of Love", 1969)
  • Don Duggan and the Savoys ("Under Your Spell Again", 1969)
  • Tom Dunphy ("If I Didn't Have a Dime", 1969)
  • The Emeralds ("Golden Jubilee", 1969)
  • Brendan Hutchinson and the Navak ("Lightning Express", 1969)
  • Peter Law and the New Pacific ("Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town", 1969)
  • John MacNally ("Mary In the Morning", 1969)

1970s

  • Gentry ("Yellow River", 1970)
  • Maxi, Dick and Twink ("Things You Hear About Me", 1970)
  • Mick Roche and The Arrows ("My Woman My Woman My Wife", 1971)
  • George Kaye ("The Flower of Sweet Strabane", 1971)
  • Michael Landers ("If I Could Be a Sailor Man", 1971)
  • Darby O'Gill ("Poor Poor Farmer", 1971)
  • Pat Roper and the Spotlights ("The Ring Your Mother Wore", 1971)
  • Marie ("Nickel Song", 1972)
  • Bernie and the Tartans ("A Mother's Love is a Blessing", 1972)
  • Denis Bowler and the Sun Valley Boys ("The Ireland of Tomorrow", 1972)
  • Jimmy Conway ("Matrimony", 1972)
  • Paddy Day ("Kitty Kelly", 1972)
  • Seamus Donnelly ("West of the Old River Shannon", 1972)
  • Brendan Donovan ("We Gotta Reach Out", 1972)
  • The Flying Column ("Four Green Fields", 1972)
  • Tony Kearney ("Bloody Sunday", 1972)
  • Paddywagon – "Sunday Bloody Sunday", 1972)
  • Gerry Reynolds and the Hi-Lows ("100 Children", 1972)
  • The Donal Ring Sound ("Beautiful City", 1972)
  • Sean Thompson and the Everglades ("If You Only Had Taken the Time", 1972)
  • Tracey and the Grassroots ("Letter to Heaven", 1972)
  • American Pie ("Dingle Bay Boat Song", 1973)
  • Gerry Black and the Seasons ("Meet Me Tonight In Loredo", 1973)
  • Geraldine Kane ("Father", 1973)
  • Tony O'Leary ("Old Dogs Children and Watermelon Wine", 1973)
  • Des Smith ("Rag and Bone", 1973)
  • Tony Treacy and the Country Blue Boys ("To Love a Lady", 1973)
  • Shelley and the Big Valley ("Love at Eleven", 1974)
  • Larry Hogan ("Simple Song of Love", 1974)
  • The Light Blues ("Heffo's Heroes", 1974)
  • Lola and the New Blues ("I'm So Afraid I'm Falling", 1974)
  • The Others ("Ring Ring", 1974)
  • Snakehips ("Runaway", 1974)
  • Aileach ("Lullaby", 1975)
  • Just 4 ("Glad All Over", 1975)
  • Paddy McGuigan ("I Was Only Dreaming", 1975)
  • The Radiators from Space ("Television Screen", 1977)
  • Rubbish ("Hey C'Mere", 1977)
  • Jamie Stone ("I Believe in Love", 1977)
  • Shaun Davey ("Pride of the Herd", 1978)
  • The Establishment ("The Unfree Child", 1978)
  • Famous Shamus ("Big Tom Will Make Me a Star", 1978)
  • James Galway ("Annie's Song", 1978)
  • Rascal ("Ecstasy", 1978)
  • Stone Free ("Rockin' Down Woodstock Way", 1978)
  • Daddy Cool and the Lollipops ("Summertime Blues", 1979)
  • Caitriona Walsh ("Viva IL Papa", 1979)

1980s

  • "Horoscopes" – Sheeba (1981)
  • "It's a Sunday Morning" – Fuze (1981)
  • "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" – The Duskeys (1982)
  • "Listen" – Stiff Little Fingers (1982)
  • "Waterford My Home" – The Gillespies (1984)
  • "The Business Enterprise (My Friend John)" – Those Nervous Animals (1985)
  • "Song & Dance Man" – Dan the Street Singer (1985)
  • "Jamboree / Sing a Song for Joy" – Charlie McGettigan (1985)
  • "Cry from the Heart" – Regent Street (1985)
  • "Mulligan & Me" – The Shamrocks (1985)
  • "Make It Work" – Paul Doran (1986)
  • "Make It Work" – The Self Aid Band (1986)
  • "Feel It Now" – The Fountainhead (1986)
  • "Raglan Road" – Luke Kelly with The Dubliners (1986)
  • "Green Boys" – Light a Big Fire (1986)
  • "Waiting for a Miracle" – Mama's Boys (1987)
  • "Come Home Danny Boy" – Seamus Magee (1987)
  • "Town to Town" – Microdisney (1987)
  • "My Heart Belongs to Dublin" – Mulligan (1988)
  • "Take Him Home" – Jump the Gun (1988)
  • "The Real Me" – Kiev Connolly and The Missing Passengers (1989)
  • "Dark Hill" – Hinterland (1989)
  • "Say Goodbye" – Malfunctions (1989)

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Aggregate ensemble groups

The following is a list of aggregate ensemble groups. These are usually put together for charity purposes. The ones listed below are one-hit wonders in their respective line-ups, but most are primarily made up of Various Artists.

Under an alternative name

  • 21 Demands scored a single hit ("Give Me a Minute" in 2007), but scored individual hits as Kodaline afterwards.

See also

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