So Athlone is apparently the most romantic city in Ireland

If you say so...

Athlone is apparently the most romantic spot in Ireland.

The midlands town came up tops with Wateford and Tralee coming second and third respectively.

The research by Picodi.com surveyed 22 of the largest cities and towns in the country and looked at which areas were searching for “romantic” keywords online. The list of keywords included terms such as 'Valentine’s Day', 'love confession', 'flowers', 'love', and others associated with February 14th. The study used Google data to compare the increase in popularity of those various keywords during the period of January to February 2019.

Turns out more people in Athlone are searching for V-day ideas than anywhere else in Ireland. Here's the full list in order of how romantic they are:

1. Athlone
2. Waterford
3. Tralee
4. Newbridge
5. Naas
6. Portlaoise
7. Drogheda
8. Wexford
9. Navan
10. Balbriggan
11. Limerick
12. Cork
13. Mullingar
14. Carlow
15. Galway
16. Dundalk
17. Dublin
18. Kilkenny
19. Celbridge
20. Bray
21. Ennis
22. Swords

On the bottom end of the scale, Sword in Dublin were the least interested in Valentine's Day, followed by Ennis and Bray.