Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland
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Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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John		 2,088 0
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Michael		 1,389 0
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David		 1,360 +1
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Patrick		 1,310 -1
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Paul		 1,108 0
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James		 1,033 0
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Mark		 863 0
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Thomas		 823 0
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Alan		 747 +1
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Brian		 726 -1
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Stephen		 692 +1
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Martin		 548 +1
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William		 538 -2
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Oliver		 537 +78
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Anthony		 521 -1
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Kevin		 465 -1
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Keith		 459 +2
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Gerard		 456 +4
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Robert		 437 -2
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Peter		 432 0
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Declan		 408 0
22.
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Shane		 401 +1
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Joseph		 389 -7
24.
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Brendan		 381 +3
25.
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Jason		 370 -7
26.
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Niall		 368 -2
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Richard		 345 +2
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Derek		 318 0
29.
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Daniel		 304 +8
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Kenneth		 299 -4
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Edward		 287 -6
32.
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Noel		 280 +2
33.
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Andrew		 279 +3
34.
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Sean		 278 -4
35.
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Darren		 267 -4
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Barry		 263 -4
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Philip		 259 +5
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Raymond		 246 -6
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Ian		 245 +4
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Francis		 243 +1
41.
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Adrian		 237 +5
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Kieran		 236 -7
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Ronan		 232 +6
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Conor		 231 +6
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Colm		 224 0
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Christopher		 223 -9
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Damien		 223 -6
48.
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Denis		 210 -4
49.
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Dermot		 204 -2
50.
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Colin		 203 +1
51.
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Trevor		 198 +2
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Ciaran		 193 +5
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Timothy		 192 +1
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Aidan		 189 -15
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Jonathan		 188 -4
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Donal		 164 -8
57.
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Damian		 157 +2
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Gary		 149 -3
59.
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Fergal		 147 -1
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Simon		 147 +21
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Seamus		 146 +2
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Eoin		 145 -1
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Liam		 142 -7
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Graham		 134 -2
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Vincent		 133 -5
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Bernard		 131 -1
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Nigel		 128 +7
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Cathal		 123 +1
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Gavin		 122 -6
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Enda		 120 0
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Wayne		 115 +21
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Padraig		 114 -6
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Maurice		 108 -5
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Rory		 102 +16
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Eamonn		 99 -3
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Eugene		 99 +14
77.
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Neil		 98 -4
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Karl		 97 -11
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Desmond		 96 -1
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Eamon		 93 +19
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Jeremiah		 92 -5
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Cormac		 90 +8
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Cornelius		 88 +2
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Nicholas		 88 +3
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Matthew		 87 -14
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Fergus		 86 +2
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Owen		 84 -11
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Stuart		 79 new
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Terence		 79 -9
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Charles		 78 +4
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Justin		 74 -11
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Gerald		 72 new
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Steven		 69 new
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Hugh		 68 -14
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Laurence		 68 -11
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George		 66 -10
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Gordon		 66 +1
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Eric		 65 -2
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Garry		 65 new
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Glen		 64 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary		 1,227 0
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Sinead		 825 +3
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Catherine		 682 -1
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Olivia		 618 +69
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Margaret		 569 -2
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Michelle		 562 0
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Caroline		 517 -3
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Sharon		 501 -1
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Elizabeth		 468 0
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Deirdre		 464 -2
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Elaine		 460 +3
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Fiona		 451 -1
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Jennifer		 442 +7
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Karen		 435 -2
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Ann		 424 -5
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Anne		 413 -3
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Linda		 385 -1
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Patricia		 376 -3
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Lisa		 361 -2
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Susan		 359 -2
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Siobhan		 340 +5
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Sandra		 330 0
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Niamh		 327 -2
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Louise		 320 -5
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Lorraine		 314 0
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Sarah		 314 -2
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Nicola		 296 0
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Helen		 288 0
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Yvonne		 279 +5
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Martina		 268 -6
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Maria		 253 +4
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Claire		 251 +7
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Orla		 247 +5
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Olive		 239 new
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Denise		 233 +1
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Gillian		 227 0
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Marie		 227 -6
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Emma		 226 +3
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Amanda		 225 -8
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Geraldine		 216 -8
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Bridget		 213 -12
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Rachel		 210 +4
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Aisling		 209 +9
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Laura		 195 +35
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Jacqueline		 187 -12
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Kathleen		 186 -2
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Carol		 185 +2
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Joanne		 182 +3
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Ciara		 181 -2
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Eileen		 175 -5
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Suzanne		 175 -7
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Ruth		 173 -4
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Deborah		 170 -13
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Paula		 168 -4
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Bernadette		 162 -13
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Aoife		 157 +2
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Clare		 152 +2
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Angela		 151 -2
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Mairead		 150 +11
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Alison		 145 +5
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Grainne		 144 +4
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Carmel		 142 -7
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Edel		 142 -10
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Tara		 142 -1
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Audrey		 140 -11
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Colette		 140 +3
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Anna		 135 -4
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Emer		 134 -6
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Teresa		 130 -12
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Valerie		 129 -10
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Barbara		 128 -8
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Christina		 121 +2
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Jane		 121 -1
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Tracey		 117 -6
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Sheila		 114 -3
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Josephine		 113 +2
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Tracy		 110 -3
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Julie		 109 +3
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Aine		 107 new
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Nora		 105 -6
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Anita		 102 +8
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Clodagh		 98 +3
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Joan		 97 +1
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Shirley		 97 -16
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Brenda		 96 +7
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Helena		 96 new
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Lorna		 96 +13
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Roisin		 96 +2
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Catriona		 95 -4
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Ellen		 95 -8
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Jean		 92 -8
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Samantha		 90 +7
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Noreen		 89 -13
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Evelyn		 88 new
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Pauline		 88 -17
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Christine		 85 -3
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Hazel		 85 new
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Tanya		 84 new
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Una		 84 new
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Brigid		 83 -1
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Popularity extremes for Ireland