REVIEW 2014: TraleeToday.ie’s Most Popular Videos Of The Year

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WE’VE been busy over the past eight months filming various events from water charge protests to All-Ireland homecomings to Munster rugby stars playing head tennis in a Tralee sports store.

But which of our videos received the most views on Youtube?

Here’s the countdown of our most popular clips since we started in April…(view numbers correct as of  Saturday, December 20)

10. Car Goes On Fire – 1,548 views

This car going on fire near the Gleasure Funeral Home and Holy Family School back in October was pretty dramatic but the fire service put it out fairly quickly.

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9. Leaving Cert Results Day – 1,574 views

The big day back in August attracted a lot of interest. We were there to capture the excitement. People like seeing teenagers celebrating we guess…

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8. Kerry Rose Interviewed – 1,635 views

A few minutes after Mary Hickey was named as Kerry Rose in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel back in May, we grabbed a quick interview…

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7. Christy rocks the town centre – 1,681 views

Christy McCarthy belted out some rock and roll standards with Garda musicians for charity last week. Here he is throwing shapes…

 

6. Stacks’ tunnel vision – 1,897 views

The first of our Rockies entries in the top ten comes from county final replay day in  Killarney where the fans rocked the stadium from the tunnel…

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5. Stacks march on Cork – 3,606 views

It’s the black and amber army again. This time from the Munster final on November 30 when they marched en masse to Pairc Uí Chaoimh and glory…

 

4. Munster head-the-balls – 4,533 views

Back in July some of the Munster rugby players passed through town and found time for a bit of horsing around over in Lifestyle Sports in Manor West…

 

3. Rose takes a soaking – 6,011 views

Rose of Tralee Maria Walsh showed what a great sport she is back in August by taking the ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’…not once, but twice!

 

2. Rockies on the Rock – 10,609 views

It’s those Stacks fans again! This time they created a racket on Rock Street ahead of the drawn county final back in late October…

1. What being a GAA fan is all about – 18,475 views

Thanks to being picked up by The Irish Times, Irish Examiner, Joe.ie, Balls.ie, The Score and many more media outlets, this easily got the most views. It’s what happened when the Stacks fans met the Ballincollig supporters as they marched through Tralee back in mid-November before the Munster Club semi-final.

So that’s it, thanks for watching and we’ll keep the cameras rolling over Christmas and into the new year…

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