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		 1,464 +1
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John		 1,437 -1
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Michael		 1,078 0
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Stephen		 1,000 +1
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James		 944 +1
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Patrick		 938 -2
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Paul		 873 0
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Mark		 825 0
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Brian		 689 +1
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Thomas		 687 -1
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Shane		 610 +2
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Alan		 603 -1
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Kevin		 577 -1
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Daniel		 547 +2
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Robert		 500 -1
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Sean		 497 -1
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Barry		 471 +6
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Christopher		 424 -1
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Andrew		 422 +5
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Anthony		 420 -1
21.
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William		 398 -3
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Martin		 388 -2
23.
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Joseph		 386 -2
24.
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Peter		 366 -2
25.
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Conor		 356 +5
26.
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Niall		 346 +5
27.
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Gerard		 345 +1
28.
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Ciaran		 344 +7
29.
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Darren		 342 -2
30.
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Keith		 341 -5
31.
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Eoin		 333 +2
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Richard		 329 +1
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Jonathan		 328 -7
34.
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Gary		 321 -5
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Ian		 279 +1
36.
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Jason		 273 +1
37.
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Brendan		 260 -5
38.
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Colin		 249 +3
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Philip		 244 +4
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Damien		 240 -1
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Derek		 234 -1
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Colm		 232 -4
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Ronan		 232 +2
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Declan		 229 -2
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Kieran		 221 +1
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Aidan		 201 -1
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Edward		 201 +1
48.
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Noel		 181 +3
49.
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Liam		 175 0
50.
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Gavin		 166 -2
51.
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Kenneth		 159 -1
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Simon		 146 +3
53.
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Adrian		 136 +4
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Francis		 136 +6
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Denis		 135 -1
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Padraig		 135 -2
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Raymond		 132 +2
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Donal		 127 -2
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Cathal		 126 +4
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Timothy		 126 +3
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Wayne		 126 +6
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Steven		 124 +2
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Graham		 123 -11
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Matthew		 121 -5
65.
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Karl		 115 +3
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Adam		 112 +8
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Neil		 112 -8
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Rory		 110 -1
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Seamus		 106 +2
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Enda		 104 +6
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Owen		 103 -2
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Dermot		 101 -2
73.
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Cian		 99 +4
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Ross		 98 -1
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Darragh		 97 -3
76.
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Aaron		 96 +8
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Trevor		 96 -11
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Bryan		 92 +4
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Dean		 91 +6
80.
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Eamonn		 85 +1
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Vincent		 85 -1
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Nicholas		 83 -3
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Eoghan		 79 +3
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Bernard		 77 -2
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Damian		 75 -8
86.
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Cormac		 74 -11
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Lee		 74 new
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Jamie		 73 new
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Eamon		 68 +8
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Hugh		 64 -3
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Craig		 63 -4
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Eric		 62 -1
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Fergal		 62 +2
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Shaun		 62 new
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Diarmuid		 59 -4
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Gregory		 59 +1
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Micheal		 58 -3
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Garry		 56 -9
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Luke		 56 -9
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Maurice		 54 -3
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Sarah		 824 0
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Laura		 782 +2
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Michelle		 650 +3
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Mary		 644 -2
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Emma		 634 +3
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Jennifer		 599 -1
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Lisa		 552 -4
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Ciara		 540 +5
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Aoife		 526 +7
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Claire		 475 0
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Niamh		 468 +1
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Elaine		 437 +2
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Louise		 437 +3
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Catherine		 435 -7
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Karen		 381 -6
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Sinead		 381 -4
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Amanda		 360 +30
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Aisling		 347 +1
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Fiona		 341 -2
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Amy		 312 +8
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Caroline		 307 -3
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Rachel		 306 0
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Deirdre		 305 -3
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Linda		 291 0
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Nicola		 277 -2
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Lorraine		 268 -1
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Margaret		 262 -1
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Orla		 262 +7
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Maria		 257 +3
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Elizabeth		 249 -3
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Sharon		 243 -10
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Ann		 235 0
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Marie		 229 +3
34.
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Siobhan		 228 -4
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Anne		 214 -7
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Edel		 210 +2
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Susan		 205 -7
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Donna		 196 +6
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Patricia		 184 -2
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Sandra		 178 +2
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Aine		 174 0
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Ruth		 171 +12
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Emer		 162 +6
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Tara		 158 +14
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Clare		 157 +19
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Deborah		 157 +10
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Helen		 155 -2
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Christina		 152 +35
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Gillian		 150 -10
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Rebecca		 149 +9
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Eimear		 148 +22
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Denise		 143 -12
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Grace		 141 +3
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Samantha		 141 +19
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Kate		 140 +33
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Stephanie		 140 -4
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Roisin		 138 +3
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Mairead		 136 -5
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Carol		 135 -16
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Melissa		 133 -12
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Yvonne		 133 -14
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Andrea		 132 +22
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Joanne		 132 -27
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Danielle		 131 +14
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Martina		 129 -13
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Pamela		 126 -5
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Grainne		 116 +2
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Suzanne		 115 -7
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Jacqueline		 113 -3
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Gemma		 111 -20
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Julie		 111 -1
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Anna		 110 -7
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Kathleen		 110 -4
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Alison		 105 -7
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Paula		 104 +6
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Catriona		 103 -1
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Jessica		 103 +2
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Christine		 100 +7
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Jane		 95 -5
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Lorna		 93 0
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Tracey		 93 -17
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Leanne		 92 new
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Bridget		 91 -27
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Eileen		 91 +9
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Geraldine		 91 -6
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Kelly		 86 +3
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Anita		 83 new
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Katherine		 83 new
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Kim		 83 -2
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Caitriona		 80 -15
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Ashling		 78 0
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Bernadette		 78 -20
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Charlene		 77 new
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Aileen		 76 new
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Maeve		 75 -3
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Ellen		 74 new
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Emily		 73 -2
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Jean		 73 new
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Teresa		 73 -16
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Natalie		 72 -2
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Natasha		 72 -4
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Popularity extremes for Ireland