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Kilkenny one of the most Taylor Swift obsessed towns in Ireland

Kilkenny one of the most Taylor Swift obsessed towns in Ireland
Taylor Swift tipped for first number one of 2023 with album Midnights, © PA Wire/PA Images

Kilkenny has been revealed as the third most Taylor Swift-obsessed town in Ireland.

The search engine specialists at Digital Funnel examined Google search data since the recent announcement of Taylor Swifts' Eras Tour coming to Dublin for two nights.

They did this over the past week to determine Ireland's most Taylor Swift-obsessed Town and saw a rise of 3233% in searches for the singer after the gig announcement.

Monaghan came out on top as the town that is most obsessed with the popstar with a score of 290 out of 400, followed by Mullingar, Kilkenny, Navan, and Dundalk rounding out the top 5 most interested towns in Ireland.

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Dublin and Kildare tie as the most interested county with 6 towns in each county appearing on the long list, closely followed by County Waterford and Wexford coming in second with 5 towns each and Counties Cork, Tipperary, and Meath all coming in third place, with 4 towns searching for the celeb.

At the other end of the scale, Portarlington, County Laois is the least interested town in Ireland when it comes to this famous face, only registering a 13/400 score.

New Ross, Nenagh, Athy, and Thurles are some of the other least interested towns.

Here is the full list of the most to least obsessed towns in Ireland with Taylor Swift:

County
Town
Score out of 400
Monaghan
Monaghan
290
Westmeath
Mullingar
271
Kilkenny
Kilkenny
256
Meath
Navan
253
Louth
Dundalk
245
Donegal
Letterkenny
245
Laois
Portlaoise
243
Kildare
Newbridge
241
Wexford
Clonroche
236
Sligo
Coolaney
215
Tipperary
Carrick-On-Suir
209
Dublin
Lucan
204
Kildare
Naas
200
Cork
Cork
199
Dublin
Dublin
198
Limerick
Limerick
196
Cavan
Cavan
183
Louth
Drogheda
180
Clare
Ennis
180
Wexford
Wexford
179
Longford
Longford
170
Dublin
Swords
166
Wicklow
Wicklow
146
Meath
Ashbourne
144
Wicklow
Bray
143
Waterford
Waterford
135
Dublin
Malahide
128
Wicklow
Greystones
127
Clare
Shannon
127
Cork
Carrigaline
126
Kildare
Maynooth
122
Wicklow
Arklow
121
Cork
Ballincollig
121
Waterford
Dungarvan
120
Waterford
Dungarvan
120
Kildare
Kildare
117
Westmeath
Athlone
116
Waterford
Tramore
112
Meath
Tribley
111
Cork
Mallow
110
Galway
Galway
105
Mayo
Castlebar
102
Sligo
Sligo
102
Tipperary
Clonmel
100
Roscommon
Roscommon
100
Mayo
Ballina
96
 Kerry
Killarney
95
Kildare
Celbridge
92
Offaly
Tullamore
86
Kerry
Tralee
82
Carlow
Carlow
81
Dublin
Balbriggan
76
Waterford
Aglish
48
Meath
Crossakiel
48
Wicklow
Tombreane
47
Offaly
Edenderry
45
Limerick
Croagh
44
Westmeath
Kinnegad
40
 Dublin
Rush
38
Galway
Ballinasloe
36
Tipperary
Thurles
36
Kildare
Athy
34
Tipperary
Nenagh
34
Wexford
New Ross
34
Laois
Portarlington
13
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Information was compiled by examining the 4 search terms over the past week, which were Taylor Swift, Eras Tour, Taylor Swift Ireland, and Taylor Swift register.

The Google search interest for these terms was then examined on a town-by-town basis and added together in order to determine the most interested town.

Towns/Cities were scored out of a possible 400, as there were 4 separate search terms examined.

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