List of number-one singles of 1971 (Ireland)

This is a list of singles which topped the Irish Singles Chart in 1971.

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. The chart date moved from Friday to Saturday in late January, and then to Thursday in early August.

Issue Date	Song	Artist
1 January	If Those Lips Could Only Speak	Dermot Henry
8 January
15 January
23 January
30 January	My Sweet Lord	George Harrison
6 February
13 February
20 February
27 February
6 March
13 March
20 March	Another Day	Paul McCartney
27 March	Rose Garden	Lynn Anderson
3 April	Hot Love	T. Rex
10 April	When We Were Young	Pat Lynch
17 April	Rose Garden	Lynn Anderson
24 April
1 May	Hot Love	T. Rex
8 May	Un banc, un arbre, une rue	Séverine
15 May
22 May
29 May
5 June	I Am, I Said	Neil Diamond
12 June
19 June	O'Brien Has No Place To Go	Brendan Shine
26 June
3 July
10 July	Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep	Middle of the Road
17 July
24 July
31 July	Sometimes	Red Hurley
5 August
12 August	Get It On	T. Rex
19 August
26 August	Never Ending Song of Love	The New Seekers
2 September
9 September
16 September	I'm Still Waiting	Diana Ross
23 September	What Are You Doing Sunday	Dawn
30 September	Hey Girl Don't Bother Me	The Tams
7 October	Did You Ever	Nancy and Lee
14 October
21 October
28 October
4 November
11 November
18 November	Kiss Me Goodbye	Red Hurley
25 November	Coz I Luv You	Slade
2 December	Kiss Me Goodbye	Red Hurley
9 December	I Don't Know How to Love Him	Tina & Real McCoy
16 December
23 December	O Holy Night	Tommy Drennan
30 December