We’ve all forgotten where in the lot we parked. But losing your car for three weeks? That’s a level of commitment I haven’t seen since The Hangover. Kieran’s bachelor party ended not with a bang—but with him walking Cork like a lost tourist, praying his Skoda hadn’t entered another dimension. For 19 days!

Bachelor party chaos leaves Skoda stranded for 19 days

Kieran drove his Skoda down from Wicklow, Ireland for his first-ever night out in Cork. After failing to find city parking, he admitted, “I drove like, way out of the city towards the south of the city” and left his car in a housing development (or “estate,” as the locals call it).

When Sunday morning rolled around, it was time to shuffle home. But Kieran realized he had no clue where his Skoda was. “I just can’t find the estate where I left the car,” he said. Even with a friend driving him around to search, for five hours, the Skoda was officially MIA.

Every weekend since April 4, Kieran returned to Cork to look. He said, “I put so much hours into finding this car, it’s actually the stupidest thing I’ve ever done.” At one point, he even counted “59 estates exactly” that he checked individually.

Kieren caved and asked the local police, he said the officers were “really helpful and really nice about it.” But in the end, even the police department couldn’t find his car.

Desperate, Kieran called into Cork’s RedFM radio station. “I’m going to trust the good people of Cork,” he said, offering a €200 reward for anyone who found his Skoda.

Cork residents found the car in minutes

And find it they did. Within minutes of his live plea, local woman Susan Maguire remembered the Skoda sitting untouched on Tory Top Road in Ballyphehane.

All’s well that ends well, though Kieran’s next mission is navigating out of Cork without misplacing himself. The Skoda, meanwhile, deserves a spot in a Dude, where’s my car? sequel.

After 19 days, dozens of neighborhoods, and an SOS to the entire city, Kieran’s bachelor-party Skoda saga finally ended. If there’s a moral here, it’s simple: don’t “just wing it” when parking after dark. For goodness sake, drop a pin!