List of number-one singles of 1966 (Ireland)

This is a list of singles which topped the Irish Singles Chart in 1966.

Note that prior to 1992, the Irish singles chart was compiled from trade shipments from the labels to record stores, rather than on consumer sales.

Issue Date	Song	Artist	Ref.
3 January	"Day Tripper"	The Beatles
10 January
17 January
24 January	"Lovely Leitrim"	Larry Cunningham
31 January
7 February	"Old Man Trouble"	Doc Carroll and the Royal Blues
14 February
21 February	"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"	Nancy Sinatra
28 February	"Come Back To Stay"	Dickie Rock
7 March
14 March
21 March
28 March	"The Sea Around Us"	The Ludlows
4 April
11 April
18 April
25 April	"Black and Tan Gun"	The Johnny Flynn Showband with Pat Smith
2 May
9 May	"Pretty Flamingo"	Manfred Mann
16 May
23 May
30 May
6 June	"Strangers in the Night"	Frank Sinatra
13 June
20 June	"Paperback Writer"	The Beatles	[1]
27 June
4 July
11 July
18 July	"Sunny Afternoon"	The Kinks
25 July	"More Than Yesterday"	Gregory and The Cadets
1 August
8 August
15 August	"The Travelling People"	The Johnstons
22 August	"Yellow Submarine"	The Beatles
29 August
5 September	"Pretty Brown Eyes"	Joe Dolan
12 September
19 September
26 September	"The Merry Ploughboy (Off To Dublin In The Green)"	Dermot O'Brien
3 October
10 October
17 October
24 October
31 October
7 November	"Somewhere My Love"	Charlie Matthews & The Royal Showband
14 November	"Mursheen Durkin"	Johnny McEvoy
21 November
28 November
5 December	"Green, Green Grass of Home"	Tom Jones
12 December
19 December
26 December

See also

• 1966 in music
• Irish Singles Chart
• List of artists who reached number one in Ireland

Notes