The map today is the strongest storm ever recorded in Ireland and how it only got recently recorded. The 1903 Ulysses storm. Phoenix park after the storm. The obelisk and Aras in the background
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"Lady Dudley was walking home through the park to see all the trees that were blown down by that cyclone last year and thought she'd buy a view of Dublin." James Joyce in Ulysses. Where the storm gets its name.
Old paper records were analysed by
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volunteers (the weather rescue project is still looking for help). And the details of what happened the storm were greatly improved.