The Boyle area suffered a lot of damage following Storm Eowyn on Friday morning.
A large number of trees were uprooted and the Sligo Road and Military Road entrances to Boyle were blocked for a period of time with fallen trees.
Roads were blocked in many other places and once the red warning was lifted, Roscommon Co Co crews assisted by locals were quickly in action clearing the roads to traffic.
At St. Joseph’s Church, the roof was badly damaged by the hurricane force winds.
Four power outages in the Boyle town area resulted in 1660 customers without power on Friday afternoon. ESB Networks say they are not in a position to advise of restoration times until a full assessment of the damage is undertaken.
There are also reported power outages in Corrigeenroe, Doon, Deerpark and Cootehall areas.
At the height of the storm, a gust of 183 kmh was recorded at Mace Head Galway, knocking an 80-year-old record.
While a number of businesses in Boyle remain closed on Friday, others with power have since reopened.
Met Eireann Forecast
Saturday will be begin cold and crisp with frost and icy patches. Early sunshine will be replaced by cloudier skies, as showery rain moves in from the Atlantic during the afternoon and early evening. Some hail is expected with isolated thunderstorms. A rather cold day with highest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees. Southerly winds will freshen through the day too.
Low pressure will continue to dominate for the rest of the weekend and for the first half of next week, with further spells of wet and windy weather. However high pressure is likely to bring some drier weather at least for a time later in the week.
Saturday night will be cold with clear spells and scattered showers for a time, some wintry. The showers will mainly be in the west and north early on in the night. Lowest temperatures of -2 to +2 degrees generally, with some frost and ice. Southerly winds will be mostly light to moderate, backing southeasterly later in the night and increasing fresh to strong in coastal parts of the south and southwest. Cloud will start to increase overnight, with rain moving into southwestern coastal parts by morning.
It’ll become wet and windy on Sunday, with a band of rain gradually spreading northeastwards through the morning and afternoon, some of it heavy and possibly thundery. The rain will clear northeastwards later, but scattered showers will follow and with more persistent and heavy rain likely to move into the south and southeast in the evening. Highest temperatures of 6 to 10 degrees in strong and gusty southeasterly winds, reaching gale force for a time in some coastal parts, decreasing mostly moderate southerly away from the west coast later in the day.
Sunday night will bring the chance of some persistent rain for a time to parts of the south and east, otherwise there’ll be a mix of clear spells and scattered showers, these mainly in the west and south, some heavy and possibly thundery. Lowest temperatures of 1 degrees in the north to 6 degrees in the south and southwest in mostly moderate southerly winds, but winds will be strong to near gale force in coastal parts of the south and west.
Monday will be rather windy with showers or longer spells of rain, some of it heavy with the chance of some isolated thunderstorms. There’ll be some dry and bright spells at times too. Highest temperatures of 4 to 9 degrees in fresh to strong and gusty southerly winds, reaching near gale to gale force in some coastal parts of the south and west.
Monday night will bring some clear spells but further showers or longer spells of rain too. Lowest temperatures of 2 to 7 degrees with winds becoming cyclonic variable for a time and later becoming mostly moderate to fresh northwesterly.
It looks like Tuesday will be a blustery day with sunshine and scattered showers too and the chance of a longer spell of rain in the north. Highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees in fresh to strong and gusty west to northwest winds, reaching near gale force in coastal parts of the west and northwest.
Some rain is likely near the north coast on Tuesday night with rain moving into parts of the south and west too. Lowest temperatures of 0 to 5 degrees with the chance of some frost under any clearer skies as winds will be easing.
Wednesday will bring sunshine and some scattered showers, mainly to the north and west and with the chance of a more persistent spell of rain near the south coast. Highest temperatures of 7 to 9 degrees with winds becoming moderate to fresh northwest to north.
Thursday is likely to be a mainly dry bright settled day with sunshine and light winds. Highest temperatures of 7 to 9 degrees.
(Main image shows a tree blocking the Sligo Road just past the Shilling Hill. More images of the storm damage around Boyle on our Facebook page))
