List of number-one singles of 1979 (Ireland)

This is a list of singles which have reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart in 1979.


 * 20 Number Ones
 * Most weeks at No.1 (song): "Bright Eyes" - Art Garfunkel, "Do You Want Your Oul Lobby Washed Down" - Brendan Shine (5)
 * Most weeks at No.1 (artist): Art Garfunkel, Brendan Shine (5)
 * Most No.1s: Abba (2), The Police (2)
 * Two songs about the visit by Pope John Paul II to Ireland reached No. 1