Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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John		 2,506 0
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Michael		 1,639 0
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Patrick		 1,523 0
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David		 1,253 0
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James		 1,128 0
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Paul		 1,061 +1
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Thomas		 942 -1
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Mark		 824 0
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Brian		 684 0
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William		 677 0
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Alan		 646 +2
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Martin		 612 -1
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Stephen		 593 +1
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Anthony		 571 +1
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Declan		 526 -3
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Gerard		 503 0
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Joseph		 474 +2
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Robert		 472 +2
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Kevin		 462 -1
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Peter		 447 -3
21.
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Edward		 349 +2
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Derek		 346 +2
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Brendan		 345 -2
24.
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Niall		 331 +11
25.
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Jason		 311 +12
26.
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Kenneth		 304 +5
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Noel		 297 -5
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Richard		 289 -3
29.
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Francis		 282 -1
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Dermot		 280 +11
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Shane		 277 +17
32.
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Darren		 276 +3
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Sean		 274 -6
34.
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Raymond		 272 +5
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Denis		 269 -5
36.
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Daniel		 257 -8
37.
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Colm		 256 +6
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Andrew		 251 -12
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Keith		 248 +1
40.
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Barry		 246 +5
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Kieran		 241 -9
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Philip		 237 -9
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Christopher		 229 -9
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Timothy		 222 -6
45.
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Aidan		 218 -1
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Ronan		 201 +3
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Damien		 200 -1
48.
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Ian		 189 +5
49.
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Colin		 187 -2
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Adrian		 184 +2
51.
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Ciaran		 183 -1
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Conor		 171 -10
53.
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Fergal		 170 +6
54.
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Donal		 159 0
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Gary		 159 0
56.
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Gavin		 158 +30
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Liam		 154 +4
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Seamus		 146 -2
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Vincent		 140 -1
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Bernard		 138 -9
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Cornelius		 136 -4
62.
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Desmond		 134 +1
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Trevor		 128 -1
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Damian		 126 -4
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Jonathan		 126 +3
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Karl		 120 +2
67.
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Cathal		 119 +13
68.
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Matthew		 116 +10
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Simon		 113 +20
70.
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Jeremiah		 112 0
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Maurice		 112 +6
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Enda		 110 -6
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Eoin		 109 -8
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Laurence		 109 -9
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Terence		 109 -1
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Graham		 108 -3
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Eugene		 106 -7
78.
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Hugh		 98 0
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Nicholas		 95 +6
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Rory		 94 +1
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George		 89 -7
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Owen		 89 +9
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Cormac		 86 +4
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Padraig		 85 +4
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Garrett		 84 -1
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Justin		 83 +11
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Eamonn		 81 -18
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Charles		 79 -11
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Eamon		 77 -7
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Fergus		 77 -6
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Nigel		 76 -16
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Gregory		 73 0
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Neil		 70 +5
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Diarmuid		 69 +2
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Eric		 69 new
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Oliver		 64 +3
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Finbarr		 62 -3
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Fintan		 62 -3
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Garry		 59 -8
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Ivan		 59 new
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Marcus		 59 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary		 1,581 0
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Catherine		 853 0
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Margaret		 766 0
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Fiona		 657 0
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Sinead		 606 0
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Elizabeth		 544 +1
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Ann		 533 -1
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Sharon		 525 0
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Deirdre		 516 +1
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Anne		 510 -1
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Caroline		 488 0
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Michelle		 444 +1
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Patricia		 398 -1
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Karen		 394 +2
15.
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Linda		 379 +1
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Elaine		 365 0
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Martina		 356 +4
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Sandra		 355 -4
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Jennifer		 330 +10
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Lorraine		 330 +8
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Susan		 320 +2
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Siobhan		 319 -7
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Bridget		 313 -3
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Helen		 301 -2
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Lisa		 290 +3
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Yvonne		 284 +4
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Maria		 281 -2
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Niamh		 278 +4
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Geraldine		 271 -10
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Marie		 271 -3
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Sarah		 258 +3
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Orla		 256 +7
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Louise		 250 +5
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Gillian		 239 +2
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Kathleen		 237 +10
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Bernadette		 228 -12
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Denise		 226 -4
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Eileen		 220 -7
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Jacqueline		 220 +1
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Paula		 215 +11
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Carol		 204 -6
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Suzanne		 201 +2
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Rachel		 200 0
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Deborah		 198 +2
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Carmel		 185 -8
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Teresa		 185 -3
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Nicola		 182 +12
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Aisling		 180 +10
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Claire		 175 +8
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Amanda		 173 +6
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Angela		 166 -12
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Tara		 157 +15
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Grainne		 152 +21
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Barbara		 150 -5
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Anna		 148 -3
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Audrey		 147 -8
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Tracy		 146 -3
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Valerie		 146 -7
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Ciara		 144 +4
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Joan		 136 -1
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Christina		 135 0
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Edel		 134 +11
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Ruth		 134 +6
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Alison		 129 +12
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Emer		 129 +18
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Ellen		 128 +4
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Nora		 128 -19
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Shirley		 128 -2
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Brigid		 126 -14
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Joanne		 126 -4
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Pauline		 126 -4
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Jane		 124 +6
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Tracey		 124 -1
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Josephine		 123 -21
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Sheila		 119 -13
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Colette		 118 -7
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Mairead		 113 new
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Jean		 109 +5
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Noreen		 109 +1
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Aoife		 104 new
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Clare		 103 +5
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Frances		 103 -2
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Laura		 103 +5
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Christine		 101 new
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Anita		 97 -10
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Emma		 96 new
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Annette		 95 -16
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Helena		 93 -9
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Samantha		 92 -6
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Pamela		 91 +4
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Aileen		 90 new
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Clodagh		 90 -6
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Miriam		 90 +7
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Roisin		 90 new
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Julie		 89 new
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Irene		 87 new
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Michele		 85 -7
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Una		 84 -4
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Brenda		 83 -22
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Veronica		 83 -10
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Popularity extremes for Ireland