Weatherday: The terrible fungus

National Famine Memorial at the base of Croagh Patrick.

It will be a mix of cloudy and sunny spells, with the possibility of occasional thundery showers.

Temperatures up to 22deg. Light southerly winds.

On this day in 1845, the arrival of potato blight in Ireland was reported in the Dublin Evening Post. The blight triggered The Famine.

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