Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017

Ireland in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Country Ireland
Selection processInternal selection
Announcement dateArtist: 16 December 2016
Song: 10 March 2017
Competing entry
Song"Dying to Try"
ArtistBrendan Murray
Songwriters
Placement
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (13th)
Participation chronology
◄2016 2017 2018►

Ireland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Dying to Try", sung by Brendan Murray and written by Jörgen Elofsson and James Newman. The song and the singer were internally selected by the Irish broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) to represent the nation at the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. Murray's internal selection was announced on 16 December 2016, while "Dying to Try" was presented on 10 March 2017.

Ireland was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 11 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 9, "Dying to Try" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Ireland placed thirteenth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 86 points.