Storm Ophelia: a(n Irish) county-by-county damage report

[steve2470]

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/storm-ophelia-a-county-by-county-damage-report-1.3258433

Storm Ophelia wrought most of its damage in the south and west of the country today, but all counties have experienced some level of disruption.

Cork

Some of the most dramatic scenes occurred in Cork city, where part of one of the stands in Turner’s Cross stadium collapsed. In Douglas the roof of the Community School’s sports hall was ripped off by the winds and deposited in a nearby back garden. Elsewhere in the county, power lines were down and fallen trees lined roads. Cork City Council said its emergency staff will not begin clearing fallen trees and other debris until Ophelia abates entirely because it is too dangerous to send staff out during the storm. Wind speeds of over 190km/h were recorded off the coast of west Cork on Monday morning when Ophelia began buffeting the Fastnet Lighthouse.

Kerry

The worst of the storm passed over Kerry by 2.30pm, felling hundreds of mature trees and leaving flooding in a number of locations and few roads clear of branches and fences. Thousands of homes – from Rathmore, in the foothills of the Paps on the Cork border, to Glencar valley, hidden in the Macgillycuddy’s Reeks – were left without power. The south Kerry coastal area, Kenmare and tourist town Killarney took the brunt of the winds.

[Hortensis]

1. Sadly wasted on the UK, where only 13% deny climate change.

Best wishes to those affected. For good reason, coastal dwellers think they are used to bad weather, of course, but these tropical "cyclones" wandering up that way are a new type of bad weather. Well, every tree down this time, sad as it may be, is one that won't fall in future.

[peggysue2]

2. Thanks for info

I've been to the area, having traveled with my mother and sister back in the 90s. We stayed in Cork and scooted around the surrounding areas, including Killarney. Saddens me to hear of the damage. I loved the area and people, convincing myself that this was probably the place my mother's people came from. So many shoppers we passed on the streets looked like relatives. In fact, I spotted a double for my great aunt Katie. She'd been dead for 20 years.

Those wind speeds you reported are absolutely brutal.

[PJMcK]

3. I was in County Offaly in August

It was my first trip to Ireland and it's a beautiful and very old country. It's also quite rural compared to much of the U.S. I'm surprised that the damage sustained wasn't worse.

I've contacted the friends I made in the town of Birr and they seem to have come through without too much damage. I wish the rest of the country well. They are good people.