More than one million people tuned in to watch at least some of Sunday’s Papal Mass on RTÉ, figures released on Monday show. TV viewing data show that over 1.8 million viewers tuned in to RTÉ’s special live television coverage of Pope Francis in Ireland across the entire weekend.

An average of 535,000 viewers watched the full Papal Mass on RTÉ One television in the Republic of Ireland alone, while a huge audience of 1.1million viewers tuned in at some point during the broadcast.

On RTÉ2, the Festival of Families concert event in Croke Park on Saturday evening saw 379,000 viewers watch the full four hour programme, with a peak of 570,000 viewers all watching at one stage.

Besides those who viewed Sunday’s mass at the Phoenix Park directly on TV, there was another 300,000 streams of RTÉ’s online platforms which attracted audiences in 159 different countries, including Iran, Papua New Guinea and Swaziland. RTÉ also shared footage of the visit with more than 75 broadcasters worldwide.