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06 Sept 2025
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06 Sept 2025
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The story does have a happy ending (VIDEO CREDIT: Alan O'Reilly )
Carlow weatherman, Alan O'Reilly, was out for his morning run over the weekend when he captured some extraordinary footage of a swan flying straight into a bridge railing.
Alan was out exercising on Saturday in Carlow when he spotted swans flying on the river and he stopped to take a video.
He added: "Thankfully after hitting the bridge some people stopped and helped get the swan back to water."
The story does have a happy ending, check out the incredible incident below:
Warning videos shows Swan hitting bridge but has a happy ending.
— Carlow Weather (@CarlowWeather) April 18, 2020
I was out running today and spotted swans flying on river, stopped to take video. Thankfully after hitting the bridge some people stopped and helped get swan back to water. pic.twitter.com/FDHjy0w3bF
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