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Dublin Live
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Mark Corcoran & Colin Brennan

Swan dodges busy traffic in Dublin city as footage shows cars shooting by on either side at O'Connell Bridge

An adventurous swan was seen ducking and dodging traffic in Dublin city centre on Wednesday night.

The footage shows the bold bird braving the busy O'Connell street area as cars whizzed by.

The bridge offers an amazing view of Dublin to pedestrians but one worried onlooker couldn't take their eyes off the animal.

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The Irish Mirror said that the bystander was baffled when he witnessed a swan taking in the view on the Dublin bridge.

The video shows the swan standing in the middle of the landmark without a care in the world.

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One onlooker said "I had never seen a swan on the busy bridge like that before."

The swan can be seen avoiding the busy road by remaining on the Luas lines as traffic goes by.

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The Swan seems cool, calm and collected as the world goes by him.

As much as he might have enjoyed himself lets hope he gets back home safely.

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