Weatherday: 'Tis the Normans, they say

Bit of a grey dank day, it seems. Not much expectation of any sun, but not likely to be wet, either.

Winds from the south-west will be light to moderate, with temperatures up to 16deg.

On this day in 1170, Strongbow arrived in Waterford at the request of Dermot MacMurragh, beginning the Anglo-Norman seizure of large parts of Ireland.

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