Cavan publican bulling over damaged premises

Revellers in The Porter House pub in Kingscourt, Cavan had to flee their local when an unexpected visitor dropped by, in the form of a bull.

The bull in question was in fact escaping from a farmers market located across the road from the pub. Seeing the open door to the rear of the bar, the bull shot for freedom and in the process he barged passed a smoker who ran back into the pub for safety.

After scaring the smoker half to death, the bull ran riot in the bar, smashing a pool table and taking a leak on the floor. The bull then stood staring over the counter as if he was searching for a tipple of his favourite drink.

The pub’s landlord, Cyril Rafferty, jokingly said, “This is one customer who is definitely barred, but I wouldn’t fancy trying to stop him from coming in again.”

“He just burst through the back door and made a dash for the bar,” Rafferty told the Irish Daily Mirror.

Thankfully no one was injured in the incident, which lasted for around 10 minutes.

Rafferty added, “It’ll take a while before we live this one down and we’ve been getting all the bull-in-the-china-shop and Red Bull jokes.”

We’re sure he’s still bulling over those jokes too.

Bulls running amok down the country aren’t something new. Remember the young bull who escaped from the ‘Mart’ and ran through the Super Valu in Ballinrobe back in 2009? Well, the people of Ballinrobe do.

[Images via the Mirror.co.uk]