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		 1,965 0
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David		 1,683 0
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Michael		 1,254 0
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Patrick		 1,107 0
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Paul		 1,107 +1
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James		 1,034 0
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Stephen		 1,017 +1
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Brian		 835 -1
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Thomas		 828 0
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Mark		 784 0
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Alan		 733 0
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Robert		 661 0
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Kevin		 596 0
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Shane		 558 0
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Martin		 524 0
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Anthony		 493 +1
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William		 478 -1
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Jonathan		 475 0
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Peter		 458 0
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Andrew		 456 +6
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Joseph		 449 +1
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Barry		 443 +5
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Sean		 443 -2
24.
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Gerard		 408 +1
25.
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Niall		 403 -1
26.
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Daniel		 395 -5
27.
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Keith		 383 -4
28.
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Christopher		 376 +12
29.
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Richard		 372 -1
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Brendan		 365 -1
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Ciaran		 359 +8
32.
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Eoin		 342 +3
33.
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Darren		 334 +3
34.
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Damien		 323 +3
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Derek		 321 -4
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Conor		 315 -2
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Gary		 308 -4
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Declan		 305 -9
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Ian		 289 +8
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Philip		 289 -1
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Ronan		 281 -9
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Jason		 267 +3
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Colm		 260 -2
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Edward		 252 -2
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Kieran		 245 -3
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Aidan		 240 0
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Noel		 237 +1
48.
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Kenneth		 216 -4
49.
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Colin		 198 +4
50.
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Liam		 192 +1
51.
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Gavin		 184 -2
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Donal		 178 +8
53.
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Adrian		 174 +9
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Francis		 173 -4
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Denis		 165 +1
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Neil		 162 +8
57.
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Raymond		 160 0
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Timothy		 157 -5
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Rory		 155 +13
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Seamus		 152 +6
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Dermot		 151 -2
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Trevor		 151 -3
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Graham		 144 -2
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Simon		 141 0
65.
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Padraig		 137 -13
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Cathal		 134 +8
67.
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Matthew		 133 +8
68.
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Ross		 132 -1
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Karl		 118 +1
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Owen		 117 +8
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Bernard		 116 +5
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Darragh		 116 +6
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Wayne		 116 -3
74.
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Steven		 113 +5
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Vincent		 113 -11
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Enda		 107 -3
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Eamonn		 101 -6
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Damian		 100 -10
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Cormac		 99 +3
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Adam		 98 +8
81.
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Gareth		 89 -26
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Eoghan		 84 +13
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Fergal		 84 +1
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Garry		 84 +3
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Diarmuid		 75 +14
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Nicholas		 75 -5
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Desmond		 73 +4
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Eric		 73 +7
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Cian		 72 0
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Aaron		 71 +8
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Terence		 69 new
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Micheal		 68 +3
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Charles		 66 -1
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Eugene		 66 -7
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Hugh		 64 -12
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Eamon		 62 new
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Stuart		 62 new
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Luke		 61 new
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Nigel		 61 new
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Bryan		 60 -10
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary		 822 0
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Sarah		 789 +1
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Michelle		 732 -1
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Jennifer		 650 0
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Lisa		 649 0
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Elaine		 607 +7
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Louise		 601 +3
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Emma		 570 -1
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Sinead		 538 -3
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Catherine		 535 -2
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Laura		 531 +3
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Claire		 499 +4
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Niamh		 481 -2
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Aoife		 466 +1
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Deirdre		 463 +2
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Karen		 461 -7
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Fiona		 447 +1
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Caroline		 444 -6
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Ciara		 391 +3
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Nicola		 387 +3
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Linda		 364 +3
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Anne		 355 +4
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Sharon		 345 +5
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Ann		 342 -4
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Margaret		 338 -6
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Lorraine		 335 -5
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Susan		 307 +3
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Siobhan		 302 -2
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Orla		 298 +7
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Elizabeth		 295 -6
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Aisling		 281 +1
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Marie		 281 +2
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Donna		 272 +10
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Joanne		 269 +1
35.
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Patricia		 262 -6
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Maria		 251 -2
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Denise		 236 -6
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Edel		 236 +12
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Gillian		 232 +1
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Rachel		 230 -1
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Helen		 228 -1
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Deborah		 220 -4
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Amanda		 215 +2
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Sandra		 211 -2
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Grainne		 202 +9
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Mairead		 200 +7
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Pamela		 197 -10
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Carol		 195 +4
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Eimear		 184 +16
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Yvonne		 183 -6
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Amy		 181 +21
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Clare		 173 +6
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Aine		 169 -2
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Emer		 167 +8
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Martina		 167 -8
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Suzanne		 166 -1
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Paula		 161 -10
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Rebecca		 161 +11
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Roisin		 161 +3
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Ruth		 159 -13
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Bridget		 156 -11
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Kathleen		 146 -2
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Eileen		 144 +13
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Jacqueline		 143 -7
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Anna		 142 -1
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Grace		 142 +29
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Gemma		 139 +3
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Geraldine		 134 -3
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Julie		 134 -12
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Alison		 130 -7
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Tracey		 130 -3
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Lorna		 124 +11
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Tara		 124 +9
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Bernadette		 123 -15
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Caitriona		 121 0
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Catriona		 119 -6
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Jane		 117 -8
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Jessica		 114 new
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Tracy		 113 -6
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Audrey		 102 -2
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Christina		 102 -4
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Angela		 101 -2
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Stephanie		 99 +9
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Olivia		 98 +6
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Teresa		 98 -10
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Anita		 97 +2
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Ellen		 97 -1
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Christine		 95 +4
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Natalie		 94 new
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Andrea		 93 +5
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Emily		 93 -3
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Maeve		 91 -10
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Victoria		 91 new
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Valerie		 90 -8
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Noreen		 89 new
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Katherine		 87 new
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Pauline		 85 +1
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Kim		 84 new
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Melissa		 83 -8
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Carmel		 81 -5
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Samantha		 81 new
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Popularity extremes for Ireland