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 ArtistRef. 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 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
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