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11th Jul 2015

PIC: GAA in July? Sure of course we’d have bone-chilling torrential rain

It's raincoat weather tonight.

Will Slattery

Why do we choose to live in such a place?

In most normal countries in the northern hemisphere, July means uninterrupted sunshine and the chance to, you know, enjoy the outdoors.

But not in Ireland. In Ireland, July means you always need to have an anorak and a golf umbrella nearby in case an impromptu monsoon ruins your day. Look at these poor fans during tonight’s Kildare v Longford game.

Electric Ireland Leinster GAA Football Minor Championship Final, Croke Park, Dublin 12/7/2015 Longford vs Kildare Fans shield themselves from the rain as they watch Longford take on Kildare Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/James Crombie

That poor duo likely have pneumonia. Maybe even double pneumonia. You know there is something seriously messed up with your climate when the sale of hot whiskeys at games don’t drastically dip during the summer months.

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