Donal Hickey: Why September is a lovely time for nature

The history of the phrase Indian Summer

Horses and riders on Bunowen Bay Beach on Slyne Head, on the Wild Atlantic Way in Connemara, County Galway. Picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

As the schools reopened last week, people were again commenting how the sun “always’’ seems to blaze down and the rain clears when the children return to their classrooms.

That, of course, is a myth because the weather is not always clement at this time. In fact, September can be quite a showery month, interspersed with sunshine.