Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland
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Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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John		 3,160 0
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Michael		 2,012 +1
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Patrick		 1,963 -1
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James		 1,446 0
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Paul		 1,303 +1
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Thomas		 1,265 -1
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David		 992 0
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William		 820 0
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Martin		 814 0
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Gerard		 749 0
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Joseph		 680 0
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Anthony		 628 0
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Peter		 601 +1
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Brian		 597 -1
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Kevin		 449 0
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Brendan		 440 0
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Edward		 423 0
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Stephen		 423 +3
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Noel		 397 +2
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Francis		 390 -1
21.
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Mark		 386 +5
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Declan		 384 -4
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Alan		 338 +4
24.
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Daniel		 337 +1
25.
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Robert		 317 -2
26.
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Denis		 303 -2
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Richard		 298 -5
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Christopher		 280 0
28.
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Derek		 280 +2
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Timothy		 251 -1
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Andrew		 250 +1
32.
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Kieran		 243 -1
33.
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Sean		 235 +8
34.
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Philip		 222 +3
35.
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Raymond		 220 +1
36.
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Bernard		 209 -2
37.
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Dermot		 200 -2
38.
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Colm		 199 +10
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Kenneth		 178 +1
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Niall		 176 -1
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Aidan		 169 -8
42.
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Vincent		 165 +2
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Cornelius		 161 0
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Donal		 157 -6
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Jeremiah		 148 -3
46.
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Desmond		 139 -1
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Conor		 138 +9
48.
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Ian		 131 +6
49.
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Laurence		 127 +3
50.
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Ciaran		 125 +1
51.
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Eugene		 122 -4
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Matthew		 120 -3
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Charles		 118 -7
54.
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Maurice		 114 -4
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George		 112 +1
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Seamus		 112 +3
57.
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Liam		 110 +2
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Terence		 109 -3
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Eamon		 107 +6
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Eamonn		 103 0
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Ronan		 97 +2
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Hugh		 95 -9
63.
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Nicholas		 89 +2
64.
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Gerald		 82 0
65.
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Enda		 81 +5
66.
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Garrett		 78 +7
67.
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Barry		 77 +10
68.
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Colin		 74 +18
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Damian		 74 -7
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Gary		 74 +15
71.
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Fergus		 73 -1
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Shane		 73 -6
73.
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Gregory		 72 +7
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Padraig		 72 +9
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Owen		 69 -3
76.
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Damien		 68 -3
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Eoin		 68 +1
78.
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Simon		 67 -3
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Oliver		 65 -10
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Adrian		 63 -18
81.
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Neil		 58 +7
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Finbarr		 57 -7
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Henry		 56 -15
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Rory		 56 +7
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Cathal		 55 new
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Fergal		 55 +2
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Trevor		 51 new
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Edmond		 48 -11
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Karl		 48 0
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Keith		 48 -5
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Cyril		 46 +1
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Diarmuid		 46 +3
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Pearse		 44 new
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Finbar		 42 new
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Cormac		 41 -3
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Eric		 41 +3
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Dominic		 38 -1
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Leo		 38 +2
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Aiden		 37 new
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Roger		 37 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary		 2,861 0
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Catherine		 1,279 +1
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Margaret		 1,216 -1
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Ann		 837 +1
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Anne		 786 -1
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Elizabeth		 672 0
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Deirdre		 613 +4
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Bridget		 554 +1
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Patricia		 537 -1
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Geraldine		 499 -3
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Helen		 424 +1
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Martina		 420 +4
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Caroline		 400 -3
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Bernadette		 374 +1
15.
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Sandra		 366 -1
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Jacqueline		 344 -3
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Linda		 325 +6
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Eileen		 313 -1
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Kathleen		 312 -1
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Teresa		 308 0
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Sharon		 302 +11
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Susan		 302 -3
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Marie		 298 +6
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Fiona		 287 +3
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Carmel		 281 0
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Brigid		 278 0
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Karen		 276 +1
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Pauline		 270 -4
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Nora		 261 -7
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Maria		 257 +6
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Siobhan		 242 +3
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Angela		 226 -11
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Joan		 219 0
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Paula		 218 +4
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Ellen		 203 -4
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Anna		 202 -6
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Josephine		 199 -3
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Carol		 197 -1
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Orla		 171 0
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Sarah		 166 +1
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Yvonne		 164 +1
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Denise		 161 +9
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Valerie		 161 +7
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Lorraine		 159 -4
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Sheila		 153 -1
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Louise		 150 +11
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Christina		 148 0
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Barbara		 147 -3
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Elaine		 142 +7
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Rose		 141 0
51.
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Michelle		 136 +45
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Clare		 131 +1
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Colette		 131 -4
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Frances		 131 -9
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Veronica		 131 +2
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Niamh		 129 +33
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Grainne		 121 -5
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Annette		 119 +7
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Julia		 113 -14
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Brenda		 111 -5
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Michele		 111 +1
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Noreen		 111 +14
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Audrey		 109 +10
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Jennifer		 108 +23
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Suzanne		 108 -5
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Theresa		 106 +11
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Johanna		 104 +13
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Helena		 103 +1
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Deborah		 102 +6
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Claire		 101 -7
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Jane		 101 -3
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Jean		 100 -11
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Alice		 98 -13
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Una		 97 +15
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Christine		 90 -17
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Sinead		 89 new
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Adrienne		 84 +2
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Katherine		 80 -7
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Miriam		 80 -15
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Rita		 79 -4
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Laura		 78 new
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Aileen		 77 new
83.
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Rosemary		 76 -14
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Ruth		 76 -17
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Marian		 75 -5
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Edel		 73 +6
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Janet		 73 +1
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Jacinta		 72 +1
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Monica		 72 -20
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Dolores		 70 -4
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Evelyn		 70 -12
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Pamela		 70 new
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Imelda		 68 -13
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Majella		 68 -9
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Nuala		 68 -22
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Shirley		 68 new
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Amanda		 65 new
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Alison		 64 new
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Noeleen		 64 -5
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Aisling		 63 new
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Philomena		 63 0
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Popularity extremes for Ireland