valentia block the watermarque caherciveen

50-foot trawler Ros Caoin in Caherciveen Quay was broken from its moorings and driven up the harbour where it smashed into a bridge and went under as its owner was restrained from trying to jump on it to avert the disaster. Race stands in Tralee and Listowel Racecourse were were damaged (while the bunting and lights up for the Harvest Festival in Listowel somehow survived intact).Ī field of stooked corn in Ballybunion was swept away as if it had been sucked up by a giant vacuum cleaner, locals said. In Day Place, Tralee, a chimney collapsed down three storeys of a house causing considerable damage. Dingle man Eamonn O'Loughlin walked away unscathed when a telegraph pole smashed down on the bonnet of his car.Ī farmer in Knocknagoshel watched as his prize pomeranian dog was swept away along with the roof of an outhouse it had been lying on when Debbie hit.Ī man in Tralee town park was knocked away by the wind as the tree he was sheltering under came crashing down in the storm. Killorglin man Paul McMahon managed to block a slate rocketing towards him on the morning with his hand. Miraculously, no one in Kerry was killed in the devastation (16 died nationally) although many survived near misses with flying slates and branches. The highest wind speed recorded in Kerry at Valentia was 88 knots (101 mph) the morning Debbie hit. The top stories from the Kingdom in news and sport, direct to your inbox every weekĮnter email address This field is required Sign Upĭebbie formed off the west coast of Africa (causing 60 deaths in a plane crash off the Cape Verde islands) and reached category three status in the midAtlantic before turning northeast for Ireland and whipping the west coast on its journey north.

Valentia block the watermarque caherciveen