The response was interesting to say the least.
One of RTÉ’s most hyped offerings of the festive season, Carrick on Stag, documenting the antics that regularly take place on stag and hen parties in arguably the stag capital of Ireland, aired on RTÉ 2 last night.
It was filmed over, as the programme’s blurb described, “one hectic weekend,” following “three groups of hens and stags; from the Conor McGregor of the stripping world to catching cocks on a local farm to a Brazilian model who is happy to let it all hang out, we get down and dirty on this weekend to remember”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA6lwYWm8EQ
Clip via RTÉ2
The hook worked because #CarrickonStag was one of the top trending topics in Ireland on Wednesday night.
Despite giving plenty of warning about what might transpire during the programme, it would appear from the social media reaction that plenty of viewers were caught off guard, with one stripper in particular proving to be the focus of a lot of attention.
Others queried the need for a programme like it, more questioned the impact it might have on the town of Carrick-on-Shannon, while plenty enjoyed what was far from a run-of-the-mill Irish documentary.
If you missed it, you can catch it on the RTÉ Player
here.
https://twitter.com/RTE2/status/811685370404438016
https://twitter.com/ruthscott/status/811698363762692096
https://twitter.com/cooney_ian/status/811704056834064384
https://twitter.com/GerMcK1976/status/811699398182846464
https://twitter.com/Audge3000/status/811696398798389249
https://twitter.com/bcarroll17/status/811696364316925953
https://twitter.com/LolaKicks/status/811688865023008768
https://twitter.com/DaveFitz58/status/811688561498058752
https://twitter.com/LaobhaoiseNihE/status/811688338285625345
https://twitter.com/GaryWrd/status/811699043181203456
https://twitter.com/1DonalMurphy/status/811700449770409984
https://twitter.com/Evanis/status/811700964809916416
