A BULL filmed rampaging around a supermarket after escaping from a cattle market has put a small market town in the west of Ireland on the international map.
CCTV footage of Cummins' SuperValu store in Ballinrobe, Co Mayo, on YouTube has been viewed by thousands around the world.
Relatives of people living in the town have been calling from as far afield as Sydney and Hong Kong to say they have seen it
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It was market day when the bull jumped out of the ring at the cattle mart and headed off up the main street.
Supermarket owner John Cummins said yesterday: "He galloped right up the town – past Tesco – turned left, then right and came straight into the front door.
"He went through the shop, out into the store, had a good look about, turned around and went straight out again. I could not believe my eyes."
Cummins laughs about it now, but knows it could have been a very different story.
"A pregnant woman could have been hurt, a child could have been hurt, anyone in the store. Thank goodness no one was injured."
The film footage shows the bull entering through the electrically operated double doors and racing to the rear store where, appropriately, a butcher tries to corral it with a shopping trolley.
He moves quickly when the bull turns and charges at him.
"One customer said he had had a call from a relative in Sydney and another from a brother in Hong Kong," said Cummins, whopraised his staff for their calm reaction.
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