‘Amazing sight’ as pod of dolphins swim down Cork river at sunset

When Cork-based videographer Ryan Lynch, 27, heard dolphins had been spotted in the river, he grabbed his drone to film them swimming slowly as the sun set

The dolphins were spotted on the River Lee in Cork (ryanlynch_rl/Instagram)

Crowds gathered to watch as a pod of dolphins were spotted swimming down the River Lee in Cork, with one local videographer calling it “an amazing sight to see”.

Social media footage shows people lining the river along George’s Quay and Father Mathew Quay on Saturday as the dolphins swam by from daylight hours into dusk.