ONE thousand views, 10,000 views, 100,000 views – and it didn’t end there. Jerome Quinn’s memorable footage of Paddy Tally collapsing to his knees in joy will linger long in the memory of the many, many people who have watched it.

The emotional reaction of St Mary’s boss was captured in the immediate aftermath of his side’s historic Sigerson Cup victory last Saturday, and the veteran GAA journalist has elaborated on why the footage has gone viral.

Quinn said: “It’s that wee release of emotion. I can’t remember who said it, but it’s the 30 seconds after the final whistle. After that it’s more controlled but for that 30 seconds it’s uncontrolled.

“What you get as well in higher education is managers who work in the institutions so they manage for a long time.”

He elaborated: “It’s one of those ones that gets so big that it’s hard to quantify. You can measure views on Facebook, but when it’s picked up by Joe.ie, Balls.ie and The Examiner, some of them put it on their own page, so you don’t know how many views it’s got.

“It was pretty cool, it’s really cool when you get a video and it goes boom. I’d been filming all day and I knew I had that shot and sometimes you don’t know how it’s going to go. People might think whatever but in about 10 minutes it had a thousand views.

“Paddy is a nice guy and that’s why it worked as well. Of all the comments about it, none were derogatory and everyone was congratulating him.”

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