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		 2,981 0
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Michael		 1,958 0
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Patrick		 1,915 0
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James		 1,349 0
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Paul		 1,275 0
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Thomas		 1,175 0
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David		 1,125 0
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William		 849 0
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Martin		 798 0
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Gerard		 684 0
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Brian		 616 +3
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Joseph		 612 -1
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Anthony		 592 -1
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Peter		 531 -1
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Mark		 457 +6
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Brendan		 405 0
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Edward		 397 0
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Kevin		 379 -3
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Stephen		 379 -1
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Alan		 376 +3
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Declan		 366 +1
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Noel		 356 -3
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Francis		 336 -3
24.
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Robert		 332 +1
25.
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Richard		 314 +2
26.
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Daniel		 304 -2
27.
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Denis		 303 -1
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Kieran		 275 +4
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Derek		 273 -1
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Christopher		 269 -2
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Raymond		 252 +4
32.
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Timothy		 238 -2
33.
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Andrew		 234 -2
34.
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Kenneth		 225 +5
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Philip		 222 -1
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Sean		 221 -3
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Dermot		 215 0
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Aidan		 198 +3
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Colm		 191 -1
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Niall		 184 0
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Bernard		 164 -5
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Vincent		 156 0
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Donal		 155 +1
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Cornelius		 144 -1
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Jeremiah		 140 0
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Maurice		 139 +8
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Ian		 138 +1
48.
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Conor		 129 -1
49.
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Ciaran		 120 +1
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Liam		 120 +8
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Desmond		 119 -5
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Damian		 116 +16
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Eugene		 116 -1
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Terence		 112 +4
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Seamus		 110 0
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Charles		 104 -3
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Hugh		 104 +6
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Laurence		 100 -9
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Matthew		 99 -7
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Eamon		 98 -1
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Ronan		 98 +1
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Eamonn		 96 -2
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Enda		 93 +2
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George		 91 -9
65.
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Adrian		 90 +15
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Gary		 86 +2
67.
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Barry		 82 0
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Damien		 81 +8
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Colin		 79 -1
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Simon		 77 +8
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Shane		 76 0
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Gregory		 74 +1
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Gerald		 73 -9
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Oliver		 73 +6
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Fergus		 72 -4
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Eoin		 69 0
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Nicholas		 67 -14
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Garrett		 66 -12
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Padraig		 66 -5
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Owen		 64 -5
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Keith		 60 +7
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Cathal		 58 +3
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Henry		 58 +1
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Rory		 58 +1
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Edmond		 51 +3
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Cormac		 50 +9
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Neil		 50 -5
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Fergal		 49 -3
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Fintan		 48 new
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Finbar		 45 +4
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Karl		 44 -3
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Finbarr		 43 -10
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Diarmuid		 42 -2
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Leo		 41 +3
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Nigel		 41 new
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Eric		 40 -1
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Garry		 40 new
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Gabriel		 39 new
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Justin		 39 new
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Donald		 37 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary		 2,591 0
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Margaret		 1,108 +1
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Catherine		 1,086 -1
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Ann		 715 0
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Anne		 681 0
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Elizabeth		 670 0
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Bridget		 545 +1
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Patricia		 525 +1
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Deirdre		 504 -2
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Geraldine		 482 0
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Martina		 402 +1
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Caroline		 396 +1
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Helen		 381 -2
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Fiona		 371 +10
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Susan		 368 +6
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Sandra		 359 -1
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Bernadette		 337 -3
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Jacqueline		 335 -2
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Sharon		 334 +2
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Linda		 309 -3
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Eileen		 308 -3
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Marie		 290 +1
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Kathleen		 273 -4
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Maria		 273 +7
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Paula		 269 +9
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Carmel		 267 -1
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Pauline		 257 +1
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Karen		 255 -1
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Teresa		 254 -9
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Angela		 252 +2
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Siobhan		 242 0
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Joan		 226 +1
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Nora		 218 -4
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Josephine		 217 +3
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Anna		 197 +1
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Michelle		 192 +15
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Elaine		 187 +12
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Orla		 186 +1
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Ellen		 184 -4
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Yvonne		 183 +1
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Carol		 169 -3
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Brigid		 162 -16
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Denise		 160 -1
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Audrey		 152 +19
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Barbara		 151 +3
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Frances		 151 +7
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Sheila		 151 0
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Louise		 147 -2
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Valerie		 147 -6
50.
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Jennifer		 146 +14
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Lorraine		 146 -6
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Christina		 142 -5
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Jacinta		 141 +35
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Deborah		 131 +15
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Suzanne		 131 +10
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Niamh		 129 0
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Sarah		 129 -16
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Grainne		 122 -1
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Julia		 122 +1
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Sinead		 121 +16
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Colette		 115 -9
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Edel		 113 +24
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Annette		 110 -5
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Clare		 110 -11
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Theresa		 109 +1
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Ruth		 108 +17
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Brenda		 107 -7
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Helena		 107 +1
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Veronica		 105 -17
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Noreen		 103 -10
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Rose		 102 -21
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Johanna		 98 -5
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Miriam		 97 +5
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Claire		 94 -4
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Alice		 93 -2
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Jean		 91 -4
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Rosemary		 91 +7
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Christine		 90 -3
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Majella		 90 +15
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Michele		 90 -18
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Jane		 86 -11
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Una		 84 -8
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Katherine		 83 -5
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Pamela		 83 +7
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Adrienne		 82 -8
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Gillian		 82 new
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Rita		 80 -7
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Alison		 79 +10
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Laura		 79 -7
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Antoinette		 75 new
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Evelyn		 75 0
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Marian		 75 -5
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Emer		 74 new
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Dolores		 72 -4
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Irene		 72 new
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Olive		 71 new
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Amanda		 70 0
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Maeve		 69 new
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Rosaleen		 68 new
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Nuala		 66 -7
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Popularity extremes for Ireland