Almost 600,000 people tuned in to last Friday night’s Late Late Show special celebrating legendary Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan.
RTE have revealed a monster audience of 591,300 viewers watched the show, making it one of the highest-rated episodes of the season.
The figures represent the second highest audience share of the season at 54%, only beaten by the ever-popular Late Late Toy Show, which had a share of 76%.
The show saw a star-studded line-up from the Irish entertainment and music industry pay tribute to the singer, who performed a number of his best-known songs including a special rendition of Fairytale Of New York.
Glen Hansard and Lisa O'Neill paid tribute to Shane, joining his band to play A Rainy Night In Soho.
Guests including Aidan Gillen, Patrick Bergin, Moya Brennan, Philomena Begley and Pat McCabe also joined Ryan Tubridy, Shane and his wife Victoria Mary Clarke in discussing the writing of some of his best-known songs and the impact he and The Pogues have had on the Irish music industry.
US politician Martin O'Malley flew in for the evening, giving a hat-tip to Shane and the impact his music had on him as an Irish-American.
And some very well-known friends of Shane sent a series of video messages to him, congratulating him on his special night.
The night concluded with a performance of Fairytale of New York by Shane and Philomena Begley.
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