The myth of long, hot summers

WE did not have more fine summers long ago.

One of the myths about Irish weather is that nearly every summer, fadó, fadó, was long and scorching, but the records do not bear that out.

Indeed, we had plenty of very poor summers. But people tend to remember only the good ones. And when we get a bad summer, or two, you hear the remark, “sure we haven’t had a good summer in years’’.