A dad went viral after trying to convince his wife he was at home instead of in the pub.

An Irishman Damien Keegan, 42, had been out drinking with his friends last Monday while wife Fiona was in Spain.

She called him at 9 pm to check where he was, and he told her he was on his way home.

Then, Fiona called her daughters to ask for a picture of him in bed as evidence.

Damien, from Dublin, did everything smartly to make his wife believe that he is at home. He left his friends in the pub and called a taxi, come home to pose in bed for a picture, before jumping back in the cab and back to the pub.

Damien thought his prank got successful – but it backfired him when his daughter Naomi uploaded the pictures she’d taken to social media.

In one post she explained: “S*** my ma asked is Da in bed and he’s acc in the pub but she’s on holidays and doesn’t know.”

A later update added: “She asked me to take a pic of him in bed and he’s getting a taxi home to get a pic in the bed and then going back out.”

Fiona’s sister saw the images online and texted Damien to say he’d gone viral after Naomi’s pictures were splashed all over the internet – especially on Twitter.

Dad-of-four Damian said: “It had gone viral all over the internet, and even got shared in Australia.”

“The whole of Dublin was talking about it. My wife was going mad, but you don’t stop when you start drinking.”

Damien said he never tried this trick with his wife before, but now he has started a new trend.

“I am sure there will be a lot of people trying this trick now,” he added.

However, the true hero of the story is Damien’s taxi driver.

Damien revealed that he was just hoping to complete his prank while traveling in the taxi, his driver was laughing and said he wouldn’t be charging him.