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Google data reveals Ireland's two main obsessions

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

10:29 2 Aug 2023


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Our Google searches over the last 20 years have revealed Ireland's two main obsessions - sport and the weather.

To mark the anniversary of Google opening its first Irish office back in 2003, the search engine has unveiled some of our top searches.

Ireland's historic Six Nations win in 2009 saw searches for "what is a grand slam?" spike by over 700 per cent during the tournament - while flood-related queries dominated in 2011 and the heatwave caught our attention back in 2018.

Julie Dilger from Google Ireland says online queries can reveal a lot about cultural trends in a particular year.

She said: "It was really interesting when I was looking through the data I saw 'what is my Eircode' in 2015, so obviously people were trying to figure out what it is. 

"It really does give you that little snap shot into what was happening."

 


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