Big Dublin Bay Waves Reveal What Sir Roger Casement Will Confront at Dun Laoghaire Baths
31st January 2021
Big seas at Dun Laoghaire on Saturday, January 30th. Scroll down for more
Getting into situations over his head rarely fazed Sir Roger Casement, so a new Dublin Bay seafront home should present no difficulties for the statue of the Sandycove man at the refurbished Dun Laoghaire Baths site.
Saturday s north-easterly gale flooded the town s East pier and also the nearby Dart railway line between Dun Laoghaire and Booterstown as big seas rolled into the bay.
If anyone was in any doubt what the new baths was going to have to withstand, Saturday s wintry waves illustrated the point perfectly.
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