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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David		 1,318 0
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John		 1,110 0
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Michael		 903 0
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Stephen		 851 +1
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Shane		 830 +3
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James		 824 -2
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Patrick		 810 -1
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Mark		 729 +1
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Paul		 716 -2
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Thomas		 592 0
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Sean		 560 +3
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Kevin		 555 -1
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Daniel		 517 +3
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Robert		 504 +1
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Brian		 492 -3
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Christopher		 457 +1
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Alan		 428 -4
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Darren		 425 +1
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Conor		 420 -1
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Jason		 359 +5
21.
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Niall		 350 +9
22.
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Keith		 337 +9
23.
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Anthony		 335 -1
24.
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Joseph		 331 -4
25.
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Martin		 324 -1
26.
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William		 322 -3
27.
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Andrew		 321 -6
28.
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Ciaran		 317 -3
29.
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Eoin		 316 -4
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Peter		 299 +2
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Richard		 293 +2
32.
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Jonathan		 282 +1
33.
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Ian		 278 -5
34.
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Gerard		 276 +1
35.
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Gary		 264 -6
36.
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Barry		 241 +1
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Colm		 236 +3
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Gavin		 209 +5
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Brendan		 208 -3
40.
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Dean		 204 +13
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Philip		 193 -3
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Declan		 189 -2
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Ronan		 185 -1
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Colin		 179 0
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Kieran		 178 -6
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Simon		 173 0
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Damien		 171 -2
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Liam		 170 0
49.
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Matthew		 165 +6
50.
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Aidan		 147 -3
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Darragh		 147 +8
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Edward		 147 -1
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Aaron		 135 +4
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Ross		 134 +8
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Adam		 131 +13
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Graham		 131 -3
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Luke		 129 +15
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Padraig		 128 -8
59.
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Derek		 124 -3
59.
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Karl		 124 +4
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Cathal		 123 -7
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Cian		 122 +3
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Kenneth		 117 -3
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Steven		 116 +7
65.
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Donal		 115 +1
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Timothy		 115 -7
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Craig		 111 +16
68.
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Adrian		 99 -7
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Noel		 99 -17
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Wayne		 99 -1
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Denis		 98 -1
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Francis		 98 -8
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Raymond		 95 0
74.
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Eoghan		 94 +2
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Lee		 88 +9
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Neil		 88 -7
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Nicholas		 87 +15
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Jamie		 80 +3
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Rory		 79 -5
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Seamus		 79 -2
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Cormac		 75 +9
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Eric		 75 +7
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Bryan		 74 -4
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Dermot		 74 +7
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Owen		 70 -10
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Enda		 63 -6
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Eamonn		 61 +7
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Shaun		 61 0
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Diarmuid		 59 -5
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Hugh		 59 +5
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Bernard		 57 -10
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Gareth		 57 +5
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Daragh		 56 new
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Vincent		 56 -15
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Fergal		 55 -3
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Trevor		 55 -11
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Scott		 54 +2
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Killian		 53 new
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Samuel		 51 new
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Gearoid		 50 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Sarah		 921 0
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Laura		 771 0
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Emma		 613 0
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Lisa		 581 +1
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Ciara		 564 +1
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Niamh		 514 +5
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Mary		 505 -3
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Michelle		 501 -1
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Jennifer		 496 -1
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Aoife		 471 -1
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Sinead		 460 +1
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Claire		 427 -2
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Louise		 401 0
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Amy		 347 +1
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Rachel		 346 +2
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Aisling		 340 -2
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Catherine		 339 -1
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Elaine		 309 +2
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Karen		 309 +4
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Fiona		 289 -1
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Nicola		 267 -3
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Margaret		 227 +2
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Amanda		 216 -2
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Caroline		 202 +6
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Danielle		 201 +17
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Siobhan		 199 -3
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Leanne		 198 +39
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Maria		 198 +2
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Grace		 196 +9
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Orla		 194 -4
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Rebecca		 194 +10
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Deirdre		 191 -7
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Aine		 188 +3
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Linda		 183 -2
35.
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Ann		 180 +4
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Lorraine		 178 -2
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Denise		 177 +9
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Elizabeth		 177 -9
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Sharon		 176 -2
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Anne		 165 -6
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Tara		 164 -14
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Marie		 155 -9
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Stephanie		 154 -12
44.
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Gillian		 152 -1
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Kate		 151 +3
46.
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Jessica		 149 +8
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Susan		 149 -5
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Eimear		 148 +21
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Grainne		 143 +13
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Helen		 141 +9
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Roisin		 138 -2
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Charlene		 136 +46
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Donna		 136 -3
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Kelly		 136 +16
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Ruth		 131 -2
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Edel		 127 -12
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Christine		 126 -2
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Alison		 125 0
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Clare		 124 0
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Katie		 122 +30
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Joanne		 117 -12
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Samantha		 117 -6
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Kathleen		 116 +15
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Mairead		 115 +6
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Patricia		 113 -20
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Christina		 108 -20
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Marian		 108 -9
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Melissa		 108 -5
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Anna		 107 +2
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Bridget		 103 +14
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Gemma		 103 +14
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Deborah		 102 -10
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Sandra		 100 -24
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Julie		 99 +13
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Kim		 97 -4
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Carol		 96 -5
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Andrea		 95 +7
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Emer		 92 -11
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Suzanne		 92 -1
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Martina		 91 -15
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Natasha		 90 -5
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Tracey		 88 -1
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Lorna		 87 -9
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Nicole		 83 new
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Caoimhe		 79 new
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Jane		 79 -5
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Stacey		 79 -6
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Tanya		 79 +13
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Victoria		 78 +2
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Tracy		 76 +8
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Catriona		 74 -4
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Emily		 74 new
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Yvonne		 74 -27
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Lauren		 73 new
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Caitriona		 72 -14
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Ellen		 72 -2
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Paula		 72 -20
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Sara		 70 -15
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Ashling		 69 -10
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Jacqueline		 69 -4
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Popularity extremes for Ireland