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Here's what Ireland searched for on Google in 2014

Some of it is predictable, some of it is baffling.

IT WAS THE year of the World Cup, G***h B****s, Kim Kardashian, and Frozen.

Google has released its list of the things that Irish people searched for in 2014 and some of it is exactly what you’d expect.

The top news stories were World Cup 2014, the Garth Brooks fiasco, and the celebrity photo hack. Equally unsurprisingly, Kim Kardashian was the top trending person in Ireland, while Robin Williams was the top trending actor and Jennifer Lawrence was the top trending actress.

Some of it is slightly less predictable, however.

It was a year of big television shows - House of Cards, Game of Thrones - but none of these could surpass the might of Peppa Pig, which topped the list of the top trending television shows. 

Meanwhile, one of the most popular searches on Google is ‘How to’. The Irish results show that people frequently search for how to draw, how to knit, and how to meditate. The second most popular answer, however? How to shift. 

And just for the record, here’s what you get when you search for that:

how to shift

The statistics from Google don’t give the volume of searches, or rank the most popular searches of all (so, for example, porn doesn’t show up on any of the lists). But they do give a good summary of the things that people in Ireland were talking about this year.

Here’s more of the results.

Top News Stories: 

Soccer - FIFA World Cup 2014 - Final - Germany v Argentina - Estadio do Maracana PA Wire / Press Association Images PA Wire / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

  1. World Cup 2014
  2. Garth Brooks
  3. Celebrity photo hack
  4. Michael Schumacher
  5. Robin Williams
  6. Ebola
  7. Oscar Pistorius
  8. Greyhound Recycling dispute
  9. Malaysia Airlines
  10. Madeleine McCann

Top trending people: 

Paris Fashion Valentino Francois Mori / AP Photo Francois Mori / AP Photo / AP Photo

  1. Kim Kardashian
  2. Kate Middleton
  3. Garth Brooks
  4. Peaches Geldof
  5. Jennifer Lawrence
  6. Robin Williams
  7. Justin Bieber
  8. Ariana Grande
  9. Oscar Pistorius
  10. Miley Cyrus

Top trending movies: 

Frozen

  1. Frozen
  2. Divergent
  3. American Hustle
  4. Dallas Buyers Club
  5. Interstellar
  6. Harry Potter
  7. 22 Jump Street
  8. The Lego Movie
  9. Lone Survivor
  10. Transformers 4

Music artists

Music Garth Brooks Mark Humphrey / AP Photo Mark Humphrey / AP Photo / AP Photo

  1. Garth Brooks
  2. One Direction
  3. Justin Bieber
  4. Ariana Grande
  5. Miley Cyrus
  6. Niall Horan
  7. Cheryl Cole
  8. Ed Sheeran
  9. Beyonce
  10. Hozier

Sports personalities: 

Motor Racing - Michael Schumacher Filer PA Wire / Press Association Images PA Wire / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

  1. Michael Schumacher
  2. Conor McGregor
  3. Oscar Pistorius
  4. Rory McIlroy
  5. Lionel Messi
  6. Cristiano Ronaldo
  7. Luis Suarez
  8. Neymar
  9. David Moyes
  10. Roy Keane

Recipes: 

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  1. Pancake
  2. Cupcake
  3. Chicken curry
  4. Chocolate cake
  5. Scones
  6. Cheesecake
  7. Rocky road
  8. Sponge cake
  9. Lasagne
  10. Hummus

How to…?

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  1. How to draw
  2. How to shift
  3. How to kiss
  4. How to contour
  5. How to crochet
  6. How to knit
  7. How to screenshot
  8. How to meditate
  9. How to hack
  10. How to squat

Read: Here’s what the world searched for in 2013 > 

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    Mute Tom Kelly
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    Dec 16th 2014, 12:34 AM

    What about porn?? I’d say it was number one by a mile. (But not in my house)

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    Mute Trudy Taaffe
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    Dec 16th 2014, 12:37 AM

    It is in my house!!

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    Mute Glen
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    Dec 16th 2014, 1:10 AM

    I was thinking the same as I went down the list. If Porn isn’t there it’s a made up list there is no two ways about it cause everyone I know including myself is a w@nker

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    Mute Declan Noonan
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    Dec 16th 2014, 1:14 AM

    Sorry, I should say below or earlier on today.

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    Mute Kardia Skepsi
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    Dec 16th 2014, 1:31 AM

    @Tom: Either they don’t want to know the porn habits of Ireland or they don’t want us to know that they know our porn habits.

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    Mute brian magee
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    Dec 16th 2014, 7:08 AM

    I spotted a few names there from re fappening. So porn is there.

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    Mute That's a paddlin'
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    Dec 16th 2014, 1:12 AM

    Definition of my worst nightmare: Gathering every person I know or have ever met, sitting them all in one big room and then read my internet history aloud.

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    Mute Kardia Skepsi
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    Dec 16th 2014, 1:35 AM

    It’s nice to see people are still searching for Madeline McCann. But I’m pretty sure a Google search won’t find her.

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    Mute Joanna
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    Dec 16th 2014, 12:40 AM

    Garth Brooks was more popular than Ebola =/

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    Mute craig garvin
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    Dec 16th 2014, 12:50 AM

    And 100 times more deadly!

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    Mute Drew
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    Dec 16th 2014, 1:12 AM

    That should be the tag line for his new album…

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    Mute Piotrek Król
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    Dec 16th 2014, 11:42 AM

    Ebola makes you bleed through your eyes, whilst Brooks makes you bleed through your ears.

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    Mute John Lonergan
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    Dec 16th 2014, 1:13 AM

    What a rack!

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    Mute Lynlyn
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    Dec 16th 2014, 12:54 AM

    Unrelated… why does the journal such a high amount of updates recently. Why???

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    Mute drogcol
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    Dec 16th 2014, 12:31 AM

    Darn kids

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    Mute Enda
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    Dec 16th 2014, 3:51 AM

    How to shift

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    Mute Alan Rooney
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    Dec 16th 2014, 1:07 AM

    I find this hilarious! Glad to see we have our priorities in order!!

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    Mute Lee Shay
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    Dec 16th 2014, 3:19 AM

    I’d be lying if I said I didn’t do a search for pictures of Garth Brooks ass in tight jeans.

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    Mute Conor Murphy
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    Dec 16th 2014, 9:49 AM

    More girls should be searching how to squat, that’s the real issue here.

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    Mute Ross McGrath
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    Dec 16th 2014, 1:07 AM

    Well this is embarrassing.

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    Mute Jonny Lennon
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    Dec 16th 2014, 7:42 AM

    It’s a tragic reflection on society in Ireland in general when you have red neck hacks like Gareth Brooks who commands such popularity, mind you the majority are culchies who live in a parallel universe, still wear boot cut wrangler jeans with George Webb shoes and grandfather shirts.

    Surely the anti water debacle has to be up there, Google being selective not mentioning porn either

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    Mute Philip Gerard
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    Dec 16th 2014, 7:19 PM

    For Christ’s sake, one more time, it’s GARTH Brooks. There is no celebrity GARETH Brooks, there never was a celebrity GARETH Brooks. Say the goddam name PROPERLY!!!!

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    Dec 21st 2014, 10:49 AM

    It seems to matter to you…….

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    Mute Piotrek Król
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    Dec 16th 2014, 11:39 AM

    What is the significance of Gene Wilder dressing as an oompa loompa while pouting beside Kim Kardashian?

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    Mute Sean Claffey
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    Dec 16th 2014, 12:03 PM

    This really shows the average level of intelligence….

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    Dec 16th 2014, 9:50 AM

    Think of the poor greyhounds, recycled…..

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    Dec 16th 2014, 4:07 PM

    Madeleine Mc Cann was loike sooooooo 2007

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    Dec 16th 2014, 3:21 PM

    I’m surprised those tv series’ didn’t make it into some more of the top 10 lists! I absolutely love Game of Cards and House of Thrones! I’m so cool and with it!

    Honestly though, only thing I searched out of any of these lists was how to make a chicken curry because I was too lazy to walk around to the take away.

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    Mute Michael Sands
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    Dec 16th 2014, 5:06 PM

    Once it was Saints, scholars and scientists who use to inspire people but now it is attention seeking prostitutes, what is it now American False Idol?

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    Dec 16th 2014, 8:52 AM

    I’d like to have seen top business searches (after hotels in ……and restaurants in ……)

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    Mute Ella Polinina
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    Dec 16th 2014, 9:23 AM

    Very interesting!

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    Mute Steve Tech
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    Dec 16th 2014, 1:01 PM

    What if Google was a guy … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B759dzymyoc

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