Humble cow hailed as ‘true warrior’ after 5km swim

A humble cow is making waves after swimming 5km across a turbulent sea.

Humble cow hailed as ‘true warrior’ after 5km swim

Farmer Timmy O’Sullivan, who lives on the Beara Peninsula, had been out looking for his Charolais, little realising she was on the opposite side of Kenmare Bay, in Co Kerry.

The feat came to light when David Baker and his wife Bridget saw a white animal on the shoreline near Templenoe, outside Kenmare. They saw a cow stranded beneath the cliff and contacted nearby farmer Geoffrey Mahony, thinking she might be his.

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