Weatherday: Passing through

Mail coach, by John Herring.

Sunny spells through the morning and afternoon. Scattered showers later with heavier rain through the evening.

Temperatures up to 17deg in light winds from the southwest.

On this day in 1790, the Irish mail coach made its first run from Dublin to Waterford via Kilcullen, with a stop at Carlow.

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