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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David		 1,091 0
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John		 952 0
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James		 866 +2
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Stephen		 809 0
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Michael		 798 -2
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Shane		 682 0
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Sean		 657 +3
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Patrick		 631 -1
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Mark		 624 -1
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Daniel		 610 -1
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Conor		 591 +6
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Kevin		 535 0
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Paul		 527 -2
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Thomas		 503 +1
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Robert		 459 +1
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Niall		 440 +5
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Brian		 427 -3
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Christopher		 421 -5
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Andrew		 388 -1
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Darren		 383 0
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Alan		 373 -2
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Eoin		 324 0
23.
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Joseph		 293 +2
24.
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Ciaran		 287 +2
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Gary		 280 +6
26.
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Keith		 271 +4
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Jason		 270 +5
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Aaron		 268 +8
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Anthony		 267 -3
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Martin		 259 -1
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Adam		 257 +13
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Dean		 253 +3
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William		 252 -10
34.
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Ian		 249 -10
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Richard		 237 -7
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Jonathan		 236 -3
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Cian		 228 +8
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Peter		 224 -5
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Darragh		 214 -1
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Craig		 205 -1
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Gerard		 191 -4
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Gavin		 189 -2
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Philip		 189 0
44.
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Liam		 187 +3
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Kieran		 184 +2
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Matthew		 182 +5
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Colm		 176 -4
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Barry		 165 -7
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Jamie		 160 +3
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Ronan		 159 -4
51.
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Luke		 156 +7
52.
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Cathal		 155 +4
53.
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Brendan		 149 -3
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Graham		 149 +9
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Aidan		 143 +6
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Colin		 141 -1
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Karl		 139 +2
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Padraig		 136 +6
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Declan		 133 -10
60.
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Damien		 129 -7
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Edward		 128 -7
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Eoghan		 121 +1
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Simon		 117 -3
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Jack		 115 +21
65.
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Steven		 111 -8
66.
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Lee		 102 +18
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Donal		 96 -2
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Denis		 95 0
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Ross		 95 -2
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Rory		 91 -1
71.
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Cormac		 88 +7
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Evan		 84 +26
73.
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Adrian		 83 -6
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Noel		 83 +1
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Ryan		 82 +12
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Seamus		 82 -5
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Wayne		 82 +1
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Derek		 80 -5
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Francis		 80 +2
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Timothy		 80 -7
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Kenneth		 79 -6
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Neil		 79 0
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Owen		 78 -4
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Oisin		 75 +5
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Dylan		 70 new
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Raymond		 70 -13
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Shaun		 70 +7
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Eric		 67 -2
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Killian		 66 +4
90.
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Emmet		 65 -2
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Bryan		 64 0
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Enda		 64 -15
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Gareth		 64 +4
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Hugh		 64 +9
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Nicholas		 63 -13
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Samuel		 61 -7
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Nathan		 58 new
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Bernard		 57 new
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Dermot		 57 -4
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Cillian		 54 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Sarah		 967 0
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Emma		 682 0
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Laura		 666 0
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Aoife		 576 +3
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Ciara		 556 0
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Niamh		 550 0
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Amy		 465 +5
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Aisling		 451 +1
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Rachel		 425 +4
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Mary		 419 +1
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Sinead		 411 -7
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Lisa		 394 -4
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Jennifer		 387 +1
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Michelle		 368 -4
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Rebecca		 361 +2
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Claire		 349 -1
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Shauna		 329 +13
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Louise		 284 -3
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Catherine		 282 -2
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Fiona		 255 0
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Karen		 250 -2
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Jessica		 248 -1
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Danielle		 238 -1
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Orla		 230 0
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Elaine		 209 +6
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Stephanie		 205 -3
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Leanne		 201 -1
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Katie		 197 -3
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Nicola		 191 -3
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Kate		 189 +10
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Roisin		 183 +5
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Lauren		 179 +39
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Siobhan		 174 -1
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Margaret		 168 0
35.
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Megan		 165 +30
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Aine		 162 -8
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Maria		 160 0
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Nicole		 158 +15
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Alison		 151 -1
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Amanda		 151 -6
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Grace		 150 +5
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Deirdre		 145 +1
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Elizabeth		 145 -14
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Ruth		 140 0
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Tara		 138 -3
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Kelly		 136 +2
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Caroline		 134 -13
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Lorraine		 129 -3
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Samantha		 127 0
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Chloe		 124 +20
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Marie		 123 -1
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Denise		 121 -11
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Grainne		 121 +3
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Ann		 120 -7
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Gillian		 117 +5
56.
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Hannah		 115 +4
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Melissa		 115 +7
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Anne		 113 +4
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Gemma		 113 +27
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Rachael		 112 +12
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Stacey		 111 -22
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Anna		 110 +4
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Eimear		 110 -11
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Ellen		 109 +26
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Emily		 106 +28
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Caoimhe		 105 +20
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Joanne		 104 +6
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Sharon		 104 -15
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Donna		 99 -6
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Christine		 97 -12
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Lorna		 96 +7
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Mairead		 95 -15
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Christina		 91 +1
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Emer		 90 -20
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Natasha		 88 +8
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Edel		 87 -18
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Helen		 87 -1
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Jane		 83 +12
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Patricia		 83 -11
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Sophie		 83 new
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Clodagh		 82 +18
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Maeve		 82 +7
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Susan		 82 -12
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Victoria		 81 +6
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Natalie		 80 -4
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Clare		 79 -19
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Kim		 79 -3
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Linda		 79 -31
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Kathleen		 76 -13
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Jade		 75 new
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Ashling		 74 -15
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Deborah		 74 -13
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Olivia		 74 new
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Yvonne		 74 new
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Suzanne		 72 +1
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Julie		 69 -7
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Bridget		 68 -16
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Cliona		 68 new
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Alice		 64 new
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Andrea		 63 -20
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Popularity extremes for Ireland