83-year-old Irishman puts 3 robbers on the run in Cork

Gwen Rouviere
by Gwen Le Cointre
19 September 2018, 11:52
83-year-old Irishman puts 3 robbers on the run in Cork
Denis O'Connor en train de défendre le bar

The scene is unusual and surprising. On Saturday, a bar in Cork, Ireland, which doubles as a betting office, was the victim of an attempted armed robbery. Three men armed with hammers and a shotgun tried to make off with the establishment’s cash… But that was without counting on Denis O’Connor, an 83-year-old Irishman on the premises, who didn’t hesitate to physically attack the robbers.

The whole thing was filmed by a camera in the bar: the old man can be seen confronting the robbers, mollifying them and driving them away, armed with a stool… Very lively for his age, he stood up to the thugs, finishing them off with a magnificent kick up the arse!

A scene of great heroism, spoken of all over Ireland!


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