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The climate of Ireland is mild, humid and changeable with abundant rainfall and a lack of temperature extremes. Ireland 's climate is defined as a temperate oceanic climate , or Cfb on the Köppen climate classification system, a classification it shares with most of northwest Europe.
It caused severe flooding, especially along the River Dodder, and is reputed to be the worst flood event in Dublin's history. Rainfall records were shattered across the county. Kippure recorded 280 mm (11 in) of rain over a 24-hour period, the greatest daily rainfall total ever recorded in Ireland.
Met Éireann headquarters in the Glasnevin area of Dublin. The history of modern meteorology in Ireland dates back to 8 October 1860, when the first weather observations were transmitted from Valentia Observatory on Valentia Island in County Kerry to the British Meteorological Office. A network of weather stations was established around the ...
Dublin (/ ˈ d ʌ b l ɪ n / ⓘ; Irish: Baile Átha Cliath, [10] pronounced [ˈbˠalʲə aːhə ˈclʲiə] or [ˌbʲlʲaː ˈclʲiə]) is the capital city of Ireland. [11] [12] On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range.
Ireland fields a single national rugby team and a single association, the Irish Rugby Football Union, governs the sport across the island. The Irish rugby team have played in every Rugby World Cup, making the quarter-finals in eight of them. [196] Ireland also hosted games during the 1991 and the 1999 Rugby World Cups (including a quarter-final).
The Origin and History of Irish names of Places, Patrick Weston Joyce, three volumes, Dublin, 1869, 1875, 1913. Irish Place Names, D. Flanagan and L. Flanagan, Dublin, 1994; Census of Ireland:general alphabetical index to the townlands and towns, parishes and paronies of Ireland, Dublin, 1861; The Placenames of Westmeath, Paul Walsh, 1957
Average monthly precipitation (in mm) for selected cities in Europe ; City Country Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ref. Tirana: Albania: 1,266.0 143.0 132.0 115.0 104.0
An illustration of the new city basin taken from Charles Brooking's map of Dublin (1728). The City Basin was a public reservoir and cistern constructed near St James' Street, Dublin around 1721 to supply the City of Dublin with water. [1] It was later expanded by connection to the adjacent and newly completed Grand Canal Harbour from 1785.