Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland
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Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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John		 2,811 0
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Patrick		 1,797 0
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Michael		 1,753 0
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James		 1,186 0
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Thomas		 1,139 +1
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David		 1,127 -1
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Paul		 1,075 0
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William		 730 0
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Martin		 680 0
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Brian		 678 0
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Mark		 626 +1
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Gerard		 555 -1
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Anthony		 551 +1
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Joseph		 536 -1
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Alan		 517 +3
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Peter		 490 -1
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Kevin		 473 0
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Stephen		 466 +2
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Robert		 420 -3
20.
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Declan		 413 +1
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Brendan		 390 -2
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Edward		 377 0
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Noel		 332 0
24.
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Derek		 331 +2
25.
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Daniel		 298 0
26.
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Richard		 297 +2
27.
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Francis		 272 -3
28.
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Kenneth		 269 +2
29.
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Denis		 261 -2
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Raymond		 261 +4
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Kieran		 260 +7
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Niall		 252 +3
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Christopher		 243 -4
34.
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Timothy		 237 -3
35.
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Sean		 232 +2
36.
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Andrew		 226 -4
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Philip		 212 -4
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Bernard		 195 +3
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Colm		 191 +1
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Dermot		 191 0
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Aidan		 185 -5
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Damien		 169 +4
43.
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Ciaran		 161 +12
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Donal		 160 -2
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Ian		 140 -1
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Damian		 139 +19
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Ronan		 137 -2
48.
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Adrian		 135 +11
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Barry		 135 +13
50.
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Conor		 133 -7
51.
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Vincent		 132 -2
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Desmond		 128 0
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Cornelius		 127 -3
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Eugene		 126 -7
55.
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Shane		 123 -2
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Maurice		 119 -2
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Liam		 118 -6
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Laurence		 117 -11
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Seamus		 114 +1
60.
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Enda		 110 +6
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Jeremiah		 110 -4
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Terence		 108 +2
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Colin		 106 -2
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Keith		 105 +8
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Fergal		 103 +5
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Charles		 96 +3
67.
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Gary		 95 -11
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Matthew		 95 -9
69.
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Eamonn		 92 -1
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Owen		 92 +8
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Garrett		 91 +8
72.
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George		 88 -11
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Hugh		 87 -2
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Neil		 83 new
75.
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Fergus		 78 -3
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Nicholas		 78 -8
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Rory		 78 +4
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Eoin		 77 -3
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Gregory		 77 +5
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Karl		 74 -1
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Oliver		 74 +2
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Cathal		 73 +4
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Eamon		 68 -11
84.
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Henry		 67 +5
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Trevor		 67 +8
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Finbarr		 65 -3
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Cormac		 64 0
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Darren		 63 new
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Jason		 63 new
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Padraig		 61 -12
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Ivan		 59 new
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Simon		 59 -4
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Nigel		 58 -8
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Gerald		 55 -19
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Fintan		 52 -5
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Jonathan		 52 +3
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Justin		 50 -5
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Edmond		 48 -2
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Garry		 48 0
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Aiden		 44 -8
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary		 2,182 0
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Catherine		 1,007 0
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Margaret		 904 0
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Ann		 645 0
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Elizabeth		 597 +1
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Anne		 577 -1
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Sharon		 541 +6
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Deirdre		 528 -1
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Patricia		 484 -1
10.
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Fiona		 454 +7
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Caroline		 431 -2
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Bernadette		 415 +9
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Bridget		 397 -3
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Helen		 386 +2
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Martina		 379 -4
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Karen		 367 +4
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Susan		 366 -3
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Linda		 353 0
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Sandra		 347 -4
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Geraldine		 334 -8
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Michelle		 302 +5
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Siobhan		 295 +7
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Elaine		 291 +4
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Marie		 280 -5
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Kathleen		 275 0
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Eileen		 245 -4
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Carmel		 238 +4
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Lorraine		 232 +8
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Teresa		 229 -1
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Orla		 224 +16
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Jacqueline		 220 -8
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Paula		 216 0
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Jennifer		 215 +7
34.
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Maria		 207 -10
35.
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Carol		 205 -1
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Angela		 204 -6
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Yvonne		 204 +3
38.
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Nora		 199 -1
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Denise		 198 +5
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Joan		 196 -8
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Sinead		 192 +16
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Pauline		 190 -7
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Niamh		 188 +7
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Louise		 186 +1
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Josephine		 185 -2
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Suzanne		 182 +2
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Brigid		 179 +6
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Anna		 177 -6
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Sarah		 176 +5
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Valerie		 174 -12
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Ellen		 173 -10
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Deborah		 163 -1
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Audrey		 161 -5
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Sheila		 161 +3
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Colette		 157 0
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Barbara		 151 -9
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Christina		 140 -5
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Amanda		 136 +5
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Michele		 129 +21
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Lisa		 126 +1
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Grainne		 120 -1
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Claire		 119 -3
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Annette		 118 +8
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Edel		 118 +14
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Rachel		 118 +29
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Brenda		 114 -4
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Christine		 113 -3
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Ciara		 111 +27
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Julia		 111 -3
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Helena		 110 +2
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Alison		 108 +12
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Nicola		 106 new
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Gillian		 105 -6
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Frances		 104 -16
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Pamela		 104 new
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Veronica		 104 -4
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Noreen		 103 +3
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Ruth		 103 -4
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Johanna		 102 +18
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Clare		 101 -6
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Miriam		 98 -16
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Jane		 94 -6
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Laura		 94 +16
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Jean		 88 +6
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Majella		 88 new
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Una		 88 -5
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Irene		 87 -7
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Aileen		 86 +7
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Antoinette		 86 -1
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Emer		 86 -20
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Rose		 84 -23
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Regina		 81 +6
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Shirley		 80 new
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Adrienne		 79 -9
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Aisling		 79 -7
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Marian		 77 -2
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Tara		 77 new
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Janet		 76 +2
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Theresa		 75 -25
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Maeve		 74 -17
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Popularity extremes for Ireland