This is a list of singles which topped the Irish Singles Chart in 1970.
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. 2 January "Two Little Boys" Rolf Harris 9 January 16 January 23 January 30 January 6 February "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" Edison Lighthouse 13 February 20 February 27 February 6 March "Wand'rin' Star" Lee Marvin 13 March 20 March "All Kinds of Everything" Dana 27 March 3 April 10 April 17 April 24 April 1 May 8 May 15 May 22 May "Spirit in the Sky" Norman Greenbaum 29 May "Question" The Moody Blues 5 June "Yellow River" Christie 12 June 19 June "Twenty One Years" Dermot Hegarty and the Plainsmen 26 June 3 July "In the Summertime" Mungo Jerry 10 July "Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha" Cliff Richard 17 July "In the Summertime" Mungo Jerry 24 July 31 July "The Wonder of You" Elvis Presley 7 August "Lola" The Kinks 14 August "The Wonder of You" Elvis Presley 21 August 28 August 4 September "Twenty One Years" Dermot Hegarty and the Plainsmen 11 September 18 September 25 September "Which Way You Goin' Billy?" The Poppy Family 2 October "Band of Gold" Freda Payne 9 October 16 October 23 October 30 October 6 November 13 November "New World in the Morning" Roger Whittaker 20 November 27 November "I'll Forgive and I'll Try to Forget" Margo 4 December "New World in the Morning" Roger Whittaker 11 December 18 December "If Those Lips Could Only Speak" Dermot Henry 25 December "I Hear You Knocking" Dave Edmunds
See also 1970 in music Irish Singles Chart List of artists who reached number one in Ireland
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