Woman feared for her life during bull attack on beach

A WOMAN attacked by a bull on Sligo’s Mullaghmore beach thought she was going to be killed by the animal.

Woman feared for her life during bull attack on beach

Sonya Byrne, from Enniskillen, was out walking with her 11-year-old son Patrick and their dog when she was attacked by a Charolais bull who charged her from a herd of cattle on Sunday night. “It was the dog he was after I think. He gored me in the back and then just walked over me. I really thought I was going to be killed.”

She said she was grateful the animal had not attacked her young son Patrick.

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