"Who is Enda Kenny?", "How tall is Joan Burton?", "Who should I vote for?", and "Is Gerry Adams married?" are among some of the most searched for election-related questions on Google in recent months.
Data released by the search engine this afternoon also shows that voters are searching for all sorts of information to do with General Election 2016, including data around constituencies, poster rules and candidates.
Since polling day was announced last week, the most searched for election-related question on Google has been "When is the election in Ireland?"
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This is followed by "Which constituency am I in?", and the particularly tricky "Who should I vote for?", "Who to vote for in the 2016 Ireland elections?" and "Who will win the next Irish General Election?".
A whole range of election-related queries have also been entered into the engine, including "Election candidates 2016", "Election date 2016", "Election register", "Election poster rules" and "Irish election polls".
Google has also released data around the questions searched for over the past six months that are related to political parties and party leaders here.
The top query around the Taoiseach is "How old is Enda Kenny?", followed by "Who is Enda Kenny?" and "How much does Enda Kenny earn?".
Questions referencing Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin seem to be influenced by the party's recent Ard Fheis, and include "What time is Micheál Martin speaking at?", "How old is Micheál Martin?" and "What did Sinn Féin call Micheál Martin in the Dáil?".
The most searched for questions about Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams are more personally focused, including "How Old is Gerry Adams?", "Is Gerry Adams married?", "For which area is Gerry Adams a TD for?" and "Why was Gerry Adams' voice dubbed?".
Similarly personal topics dominate the list of most searched for queries around Labour leader Joan Burton, with "Where is Joan Burton from?", "How old is Joan Burton?", "What party is Joan Burton in?" and "How tall is Joan Burton?".
When it comes to parties, the spread and range of questions is wider.
Rather ominously the top searched for question referencing Labour is, "Is the Labour Party dead?", with other queries including "Is the Irish Labour Party a leftwing party?".
The relative newness of the Social Democrats is reflected in the top Google searches related to that party, with questions.
They include "Who will run for the Social Democrats?", "What do Social Democrats work for?" and "Where do the Social Democrats fall on the political spectrum?" topping the list.
Around Fine Gael, the most searched for queries include "Who set up Fine Gael?", "What does Fine Gael mean?", "What have Fine Gael done in 2015?", "What date is the Fine Gael term finishing?" and "Who are the Fine Gael voters?".
The top question about Fianna Fáil is "What does Fianna Fáil mean?", followed by "Is Fianna Fáil the largest political party in Ireland?" and "Who retired from Fianna Fáil today?".
However, in a sign that some people remain fixated on the party's controversial recent past economic record, the query "How many times has Fianna Fáil bankrupted the country?" makes the top five.
When it comes to Sinn Féin, the questions are more about the party's history and values, including "Who founded Sinn Féin?", "When was Sinn Féin founded?" and "What does Sinn Féin mean?".
Google does not give a breakdown of the number of times each question or query was searched for.
"The amount of traffic a search term generates cannot be used to accurately gauge the true popularity of a candidate or political party, however it is a useful way of measuring interest in them at any one time," said Ronan Harris, Head of Google in Ireland.
"It shows that people are engaged and interested. Particularly around the big campaign moments like manifesto launches or televised debates, people go straight to the internet to look up policies, stances etc."
By Will Goodbody, RTÉ Science and Technology Correspondent
