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06 Oct 2025

Dog who took a train from Kildare to Dublin reunited with its owner

'Hamish' the dog went viral

Dog who took a train from Kildare to Dublin reunited with its owner

Photo: Irish Rail

The viral dog who took a train from Kildare to Dublin yesterday has been reunited with its owner.

'Hamish' hopped on the 8:46am train from Sallins to Heuston Station, and was found after disembarking the train by a member of the public.

Irish Rail made an appeal to find the owner online.

This afternoon, Irish Rail tweeted the good news that the owners have been found, and that his real name is Tyson.

The black and tan dog wasn't microchipped, but Irish Rail say he will now by chipped by My Lovely Horse charity.

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