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VIDEO: What did Irish people search for in 2014? Even Google was surprised

The most popular searches on Google from Ireland for 2014 have been revealed. We wanted to know a...
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07.21 16 Dec 2014


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VIDEO: What did Irish people search for in 2014? Even Google was surprised

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07.21 16 Dec 2014


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The most popular searches on Google from Ireland for 2014 have been revealed. We wanted to know about everything from the World Cup, to a cartoon snow queen, Garth Brooks and how to knit.

Recipes, dieting, sports personalities and Jennifer Lawrence also featured high in our search rankings - along with Robin Williams and Peaches Geldof.

The reign of snow queen Elsa continues, as Frozen was the top trending film - along with Divergent, American Hustle and Dallas Buyers Club.

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But if you were watching the small screen, it was Peppa Pig that reigned high on the list of top trending TV shows, ahead of Games of Thrones and Home and Away. 

Creative types were keen to know 'how to draw', 'how to crochet' and 'how to knit', while the romantics were interested in 'how to kiss' and the not so romantics wanted to know 'how to shift'.

The list of the most searched things in 2014 | Image: Google

She honeymooned in Ireland and mooned to the world: Kim Kardashian tops the list of trending people followed by Kate Middleton.

One Direction, Michael Schumacher and Joan Rivers were other top names searched for this year.

But it was Garth Brooks who got us the most - having topped the search, news, music artists and trending people lists.

When it comes to fashion, our searches show how popular brands such as Littlewoods, River Island and Asos have become - but flying the flag for Ireland is Dunnes Stores.

Facebook was the top trending social media search, followed by YouTube, Twitter and Instagram.

Stephen Rosenthal from Google says we were World Cup crazy.

Google has produced this video, showing the results:


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