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		 996 0
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Michael		 794 +3
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James		 781 0
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John		 757 -2
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Sean		 729 +2
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Stephen		 724 -2
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Shane		 703 -1
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Patrick		 671 0
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Conor		 641 +2
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Daniel		 594 0
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Mark		 555 -2
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Thomas		 520 +2
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Paul		 507 0
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Kevin		 479 -2
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Robert		 455 0
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Andrew		 429 +3
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Christopher		 404 +1
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Brian		 377 -1
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Eoin		 348 +3
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Alan		 333 +1
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Niall		 325 -5
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Adam		 324 +9
23.
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Darren		 316 -3
24.
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Aaron		 303 +4
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Ciaran		 303 0
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Anthony		 297 +3
27.
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Dean		 290 +5
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Jason		 266 -1
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William		 259 +4
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Gary		 252 -5
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Joseph		 251 -8
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Keith		 251 -5
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Peter		 240 +5
34.
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Jamie		 226 +15
35.
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Ian		 223 -1
36.
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Darragh		 220 +3
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Martin		 218 -7
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Cian		 204 -1
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Jonathan		 204 -2
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Ryan		 203 +35
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Luke		 194 +10
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Gavin		 193 0
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Richard		 189 -8
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Craig		 186 -4
45.
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Matthew		 183 +1
46.
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Liam		 182 -2
47.
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Colm		 179 0
48.
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Barry		 175 0
49.
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Philip		 169 -7
50.
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Jack		 159 +14
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Padraig		 159 +8
52.
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Brendan		 158 +1
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Kieran		 158 -7
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Gerard		 156 -13
55.
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Cathal		 155 -3
56.
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Graham		 145 -3
57.
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Ronan		 136 -7
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Colin		 130 -2
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Lee		 130 +8
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Aidan		 126 -5
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Declan		 125 -2
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Damien		 122 -2
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Karl		 122 -5
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Ross		 121 +4
65.
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Eoghan		 119 -3
66.
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Simon		 117 -3
67.
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Steven		 116 -2
68.
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Cormac		 110 +3
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Edward		 107 -8
70.
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Dylan		 96 +15
71.
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Evan		 95 +1
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Killian		 95 +18
73.
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Samuel		 91 +23
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Wayne		 91 +2
75.
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Donal		 88 -8
76.
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Adrian		 86 -3
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Oisin		 84 +7
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Francis		 83 0
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Rory		 83 -8
80.
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Kenneth		 78 +1
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Timothy		 77 -3
82.
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Emmet		 75 +8
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Neil		 73 -2
84.
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Cillian		 71 +16
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Nathan		 71 +13
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Seamus		 71 -9
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Alexander		 70 new
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Bryan		 70 +4
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Noel		 70 -14
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Eamonn		 68 new
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Denis		 67 -23
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Glenn		 65 new
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Baby		 63 new
94.
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Shaun		 61 -9
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Benjamin		 60 new
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Eric		 60 -7
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Gareth		 59 -6
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Hugh		 59 -6
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Owen		 58 -16
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Glen		 57 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Sarah		 893 0
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Laura		 685 +1
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Emma		 616 -1
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Aoife		 570 0
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Ciara		 570 +1
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Niamh		 545 0
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Amy		 478 0
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Shauna		 467 +9
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Rachel		 437 0
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Aisling		 432 -2
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Rebecca		 406 +4
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Lisa		 403 0
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Mary		 396 -3
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Sinead		 368 -3
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Michelle		 360 -1
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Jennifer		 341 -3
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Claire		 299 -1
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Jessica		 290 +4
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Louise		 285 -1
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Catherine		 277 -1
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Katie		 273 +7
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Orla		 237 +2
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Fiona		 229 -3
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Nicole		 211 +14
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Karen		 210 -4
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Danielle		 208 -3
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Aine		 203 +9
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Megan		 203 +8
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Roisin		 198 +2
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Lauren		 190 +2
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Kate		 182 -1
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Eimear		 176 +30
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Nicola		 172 -4
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Stephanie		 171 -8
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Leanne		 166 -8
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Gemma		 165 +22
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Grace		 156 +4
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Siobhan		 156 -4
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Alison		 153 0
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Tara		 151 +5
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Elizabeth		 147 +1
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Margaret		 147 -7
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Hannah		 145 +13
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Caroline		 143 +3
45.
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Chloe		 142 +5
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Amanda		 137 -7
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Elaine		 135 -22
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Ellen		 128 +16
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Kelly		 124 -3
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Maria		 122 -13
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Emily		 120 +14
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Deirdre		 119 -10
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Grainne		 113 -1
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Marie		 112 -3
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Christina		 111 +18
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Ruth		 111 -11
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Donna		 110 +12
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Samantha		 110 -8
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Melissa		 106 -3
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Sharon		 104 +7
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Caoimhe		 103 +5
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Denise		 103 -9
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Sophie		 101 +15
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Kim		 98 +22
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Joanne		 96 +2
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Ann		 95 -12
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Lorraine		 91 -19
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Stacey		 91 -6
69.
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Anna		 90 -7
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Gillian		 90 -14
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Jade		 89 +19
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Natasha		 87 +3
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Lorna		 86 -2
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Kathleen		 85 +15
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Susan		 85 +7
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Clodagh		 83 +5
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Natalie		 83 +9
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Anne		 82 -20
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Jane		 81 -1
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Christine		 80 -10
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Edel		 79 -5
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Patricia		 79 -3
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Rachael		 79 -21
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Emer		 76 -10
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Leah		 76 new
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Mairead		 76 -12
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Clare		 75 -1
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Olivia		 73 +3
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Alice		 72 +10
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Helen		 72 -13
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Bridget		 69 +6
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Linda		 69 -5
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Andrea		 68 +7
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Julie		 67 +2
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Aishling		 63 new
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Naomi		 63 new
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Paula		 61 new
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Hayley		 60 new
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Teresa		 60 new
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Hazel		 59 new
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Popularity extremes for Ireland