Weatherday: Firing squad

Rough and wild this morning with strong winds from the south and persistent rain. Thunderstorms and heavy bursts of rain possible around lunchtime.

Slight clearance in the afternoon will give way to more rain through the evening. Highest temperature 10deg and it will stay blustery throughout.

On this day in 1916, three of the leaders of the Easter Rising, Patrick Pearse, Thomas Clarke and Thomas MacDonagh, were executed at Kilmainham Jail.

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