Some of the most intense lightning shots from around the country 

The storm came after temperatures hitting 30 degrees 

View of intense lightning from a thunderstorm.

After an almost week long heatwave, the weather broke last night with a thunderstorm raging all over Ireland.

Here are some of the coolest shots of the wild weather. 

A great shot of a lightning strike near Charleville a few minutes ago! Image: Uta W. pic.twitter.com/pttMY6mJAu

— Cork Safety Alerts (@CorkSafetyAlert) August 14, 2022

Lightning captured near Tramore tonight by Jimmy Coffey.

Heatwave comes to an end with a bang as forecast. pic.twitter.com/8KctBZN05A

— Carlow Weather (@CarlowWeather) August 14, 2022

WOW!!! The night sky lit up by the moon & an incredible lightning cloud over Galway Bay last night... 😯💯⚡🌕😍

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📍 Galway, Ireland #moon #moonrise #lightning #intracloud #storm #heatwave #divingtower #blackrock #salthill #galwaybay #galway #ireland #visitgalway pic.twitter.com/ZavEzwY5nM

— Visit Galway (@visit_galway) August 14, 2022

Double CG lightning captured from Mullaghmore, Sligo overlooking Donegal Bay last night captured by Noel Keating Photography

Myself and Noel met up last night and with in minutes of arriving on location we had our first sparks. #thunderstorm #ireland #weather #sligo pic.twitter.com/V7xtCq8uOx

— Donegal Weather Channel (@DonegalWeatherC) August 15, 2022

Some pictures from tonight’s lightning here in Lismore #Thunderstorm #thunder #lightning #rain #ireland pic.twitter.com/x2iKufCSeo

— Will (@wobbly7) August 14, 2022

Very active thunderstorm north on Nenagh @CarlowWeather pic.twitter.com/c1iffJpqfH

— Trevor Murphy murpho73 on Mastadon (@trevormurphy73) August 13, 2022

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