#PointlessbloginIreland trends for Deyes

YouTube vlogger Alfie Deyes visited Dublin this weekend as part of the book tour for his second book, ‘The Pointless Book 2’.

Tue, 14 Jul, 2015 - 17:13

Anna O’Donoghue

If you were strolling around Dublin this weekend you might have witnessed the extent of utter fan girlmania, and wondered “who’s in town?”.

Now unless you work in a bookshop, are a self-proclaimed YouTube addict, under the age of 16 or a parent of a teenage girl, the chances are you have not heard of Alfie Deyes until now.

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Alfie Deyes, or ‘Pointless Blog’, is one of YouTube's top british vloggers with more than five million subscribers to his three YouTube channels; Pointlessblog, PointlessBlogTv and Alfiegames.

The 21-year-old's videos - which have reached a view count of more than 200 million - cover anything from gaming videos with his girlfriend, fellow web celeb

Last year he became a #1 bestselling author, with

Alfie touched down on our shores this weekend as part of a tour for his second book, simply named ‘The Pointless Book 2’.

Tickets for his Dublin book signing were secured through a lottery system; 500 places, 4,000 applications.

It’s safe to say, #pointlessbloginIreland broke the Internet.

Best day of my life🙈 thank you Alfie❤️ #PointlessBlogInIreland @PointlessBlog ❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/aWlX4orbXW
— meg ☆ (@tpwkmeg) July 10, 2015

And was still trending three days later:

How the heck is #PointlessBlogInIreland still trending? It's been 3 days haha
— Alfie Deyes (@AlfieDeyes) July 12, 2015

Luckily for fans, Alfie vlogged his entire Irish trip, from being greeted by fans at the airport to visiting the Guinness Storehouse and tasting trying Irish candy.

Take a peek into the fandom here:

*BEWARE* Scenes might reflect those of a One Direction concert.