Weatherday: Stand with the Pikemen

Possible thundery showers this morning. Clearing to sunny spells through the afternoon and early evening.

Highest local temperatures around 16deg. Winds gentle to gusty moderate breezes from the south-west.

On this day in 1798, the Battle of Vinegar Hill outside Enniscorthy in Wexford saw defeat of the United Irishmen and a turning point in the Rebellion.

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