| Total references | 15 | |
| Number of which are Irish | 6 | |
| Serious references | 6 | |
| Evil tobacco etc. – sin stocks | 2 | |
| Slave railroad | 1 | |
| Mary Macaleese on Catholic reform | 1 | |
| Irish memoir | 1 | |
| Boko Haram | 1 | |
| Trivial | 3 | |
| Evil eye-patch – Seven Deadly Sins | 1 | |
| Evil bounce – sin bin (rugby) | 1 | |
| Evil villain - Sin City | 1 | |
| Figures of speech | 2 | |
| Putting off evil day – sins of omission | 1 | |
| Lesser of two evils – grave sins | 1 | |
| Religious use | 4 | |
| Local papers | 3 | |
| Christian Science Monitor | 1 |