Pic: So there’s a camel wandering around Tallaght

A passer by in Tallaght got a shock when she saw a camel strolling along in a park.

Seen a camel in tallaght today hahahaha I couldn't breathe pic.twitter.com/auubnvyyB2 — Jamie Balfe (@JamieBxo) March 18, 2014

We're all familiar with herds of horses roaming around council estates, but this is a rather exotic turn of events. Maybe it's the sign of a blistering hot summer ahead. Maybe it's a commercial stunt from a tobacco company. Or perhaps the most plausible reason is that a circus has set up in the Tallaght area and one of it's animals has decided to check out it's new surroundings.