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		 2,707 0
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David		 1,695 0
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Paul		 1,492 0
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Michael		 1,332 0
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Patrick		 1,227 0
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James		 1,023 0
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Brian		 895 +1
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Mark		 878 -1
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Thomas		 794 0
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Alan		 735 +1
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Stephen		 720 -1
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Robert		 579 0
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Kevin		 529 +1
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Martin		 502 -1
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Anthony		 482 0
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William		 457 0
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Peter		 447 +2
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Shane		 438 0
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Joseph		 421 +4
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Keith		 418 +2
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Andrew		 411 +3
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Gerard		 397 -5
23.
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Brendan		 389 -2
24.
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Richard		 385 +3
25.
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Niall		 373 0
26.
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Barry		 359 -6
27.
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Daniel		 350 +2
28.
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Sean		 346 +6
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Jason		 315 +7
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Declan		 310 -4
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Derek		 301 -3
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Jonathan		 290 +1
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Eoin		 289 +17
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Philip		 289 -3
35.
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Darren		 283 -4
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Ronan		 277 +3
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Ian		 273 -1
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Kieran		 268 +3
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Damien		 262 +10
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Conor		 259 +4
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Edward		 254 -9
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Ciaran		 253 +4
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Noel		 250 -2
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Christopher		 249 +8
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Colin		 245 0
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Kenneth		 236 -8
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Aidan		 230 0
48.
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Colm		 227 -13
49.
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Francis		 214 -1
49.
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Gary		 214 +10
51.
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Adrian		 205 -8
52.
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Gavin		 202 -12
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Denis		 187 +4
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Liam		 187 +3
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Trevor		 180 -2
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Raymond		 178 -5
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Gareth		 177 +17
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Karl		 175 +8
59.
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Graham		 165 -5
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Cathal		 156 +11
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Timothy		 155 -1
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Neil		 153 -7
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Simon		 153 +4
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Padraig		 150 -1
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Seamus		 148 -3
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Wayne		 145 +7
67.
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Donal		 144 -6
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Dermot		 135 -10
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Vincent		 133 -4
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Enda		 123 0
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Eamonn		 122 +5
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Damian		 117 -8
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Rory		 117 -3
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Cormac		 111 +8
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Karol		 110 new
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Owen		 107 -8
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Bernard		 105 0
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Nigel		 101 +6
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Darragh		 98 +6
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Matthew		 98 -7
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Nicholas		 95 +6
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Ross		 94 +1
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Fergal		 91 -8
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Hugh		 88 +7
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Desmond		 84 -6
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Stuart		 81 -7
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Eric		 80 +10
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Laurence		 77 -3
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Fergus		 76 new
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Cornelius		 75 +4
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Steven		 74 new
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Gregory		 73 -5
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Bryan		 72 +6
94.
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Maurice		 71 -16
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Terence		 71 -7
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Oliver		 68 -15
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Justin		 67 new
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Charles		 64 -7
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George		 64 +2
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Jeremiah		 61 -6
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary		 944 0
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Michelle		 650 0
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Caroline		 647 +2
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Catherine		 618 0
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Sinead		 594 -2
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Lisa		 536 +4
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Sarah		 506 +4
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Deirdre		 498 0
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Karen		 494 0
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Jennifer		 486 -4
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Emma		 480 +13
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Fiona		 469 -5
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Niamh		 469 +2
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Lorraine		 460 +2
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Paula		 453 +25
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Louise		 447 -3
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Elaine		 446 -2
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Laura		 395 +9
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Linda		 390 +2
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Ann		 380 0
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Aoife		 379 +10
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Margaret		 374 -10
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Elizabeth		 370 -6
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Claire		 369 -6
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Sharon		 368 -6
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Anne		 363 -4
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Nicola		 343 -4
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Susan		 332 -3
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Joanne		 319 +10
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Orla		 313 -1
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Gillian		 293 -3
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Ciara		 289 +6
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Marie		 287 +1
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Sandra		 282 -1
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Siobhan		 281 -5
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Patricia		 273 -10
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Aisling		 270 +7
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Carol		 268 +7
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Denise		 261 -4
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Yvonne		 244 -8
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Pamela		 242 +52
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Helen		 226 -1
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Amanda		 222 -7
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Maria		 218 -3
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Pauline		 216 +28
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Martina		 207 -9
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Edel		 198 +2
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Suzanne		 189 -5
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Rachel		 187 +4
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Deborah		 186 -1
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Jacqueline		 176 0
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Ruth		 176 +3
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Aine		 171 +4
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Bridget		 170 -8
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Julie		 168 -3
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Grainne		 163 -1
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Clare		 162 +7
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Catriona		 158 new
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Geraldine		 155 -11
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Bernadette		 152 +3
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Kathleen		 152 -2
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Emer		 149 -3
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Alison		 147 +2
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Mairead		 147 -2
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Teresa		 145 +10
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Anna		 140 +1
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Tracey		 139 +3
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Audrey		 137 0
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Christina		 132 +9
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Jane		 132 0
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Sabrina		 130 -24
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Tara		 127 +4
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Olivia		 125 -13
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Eimear		 124 +24
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Eileen		 123 -13
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Angela		 120 -21
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Donna		 120 +1
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Tracy		 120 -4
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Caitriona		 114 +2
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Jean		 111 +6
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Roisin		 107 -10
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Gemma		 106 +4
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Carmel		 104 +1
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Barbara		 103 -10
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Christine		 97 -2
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Aileen		 95 new
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Valerie		 95 -20
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Anita		 94 new
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Jessica		 94 new
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Andrea		 93 +3
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Lorna		 92 +7
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Maeve		 92 new
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Emily		 90 new
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Sheila		 90 -13
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Annette		 86 -13
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Ashling		 84 -4
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Victoria		 83 new
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Colette		 82 -8
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Helena		 82 -10
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Rebecca		 79 -10
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Popularity extremes for Ireland