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Dan Grennan

Watch: Incredible footage of lightning striking iconic Poolbeg Towers

Lightning struck Dublin's iconic Poolbeg Towers as thunderstorms enveloped the capital.

The thunder, lightning and rain mark the end of the record breaking heatwave as normal temperatures are set to resume from tonight onwards. The incredible footage was taken by Clinical Director at the National Maternity Hospital Roger McMorrow.

The top doc set his iPhone to slow mow video and placed it on a window sill in St Vincent's Hospital in Blackrock to capture the "lucky" shot. In the footage, a fork of lightning hits the top of the Dublin's Goalposts, as the Poolbeg Towers are affectionately referred to.

Read more: Heatwave Ireland: Hottest day on record in Dublin as temperatures hit 33C in the Phoenix Park

The video can been seen on the Clinical Director's twitter page @RogerMcMorrow. He captioned the video: "Lightning strikes ESB Poolbeg towers as seen from St Vincent's Hospital this afternoon."

Lightning strikes the Poolbeg Towers (Roger McMorrow)

Dublin recorded its hottest ever temperature yesterday afternoon with the mercury shooting up to 33C in the Phoenix Park.

The temperature is provisionally a new July record for the Phoenix Park and is 12.3C above normal for Ireland. The previous July record for the Phoenix Park was 29.5C in 1989.

Taking to social media, Met Eireann provided the latest update, saying: "Phoenix Park has broken the highest 21st temperature record with 33.0°C which is Ireland’s highest of 2022 so far and 12.8°C above normal. This is only 0.3°C below the all-time 135 year old record set at Kilkenny Castle in 1887.

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