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| Lightning, probably striking the River Liffey or trees in New Abbey woods. Photo © Eugene Brennan |
Who
remembers this? On the night of July 25th, 1985 and into the next
morning, we had probably one of the worst thunderstorms in Ireland. It
resulted in damage to houses and crops, flooding and crows were killed
by large hailstones. Phone lines were also damaged. There's even a long,
multi-page thread about it on Boards.ie. Lightning and thunder was
frequent while the storm was overhead, occurring every couple of
seconds. I managed to capture this stroke from my bedroom window by
leaving the camera shutter open, probably hitting the trees in woodland
at New Abbey. Unfortunately the photo wasn't great and it was
overexposed and fuzzy.
This is the Boards.ie thread:
https://www.boards.ie/.../severe-thunderstorm-july-25th...
The Met Éireann report on the phenomenon.
The Met Éireann report on the phenomenon.
https://www.met.ie/.../2017/08/July1985_Thunderstorm.pdf
and Des Cahill's report on the event, courtesy the RTÉ Archives site:
and Des Cahill's report on the event, courtesy the RTÉ Archives site: