Could a tsunami hit Ireland?

<p>Nearly 300 years ago an earthquake off the coast of Portugal caused a tsunami which hit Ireland’s coast. Records show that the Lisbon tsunami, as it was known, damaged Galway’s Spanish Arch, caused a large body of water to pour into Kinsale harbour and made an island out of Aughinish in northern Clare.</p><br><p>Last Saturday, locals in West Cork momentarily feared that history could be repeating itself, when unusual tidal activity saw water levels in some harbours drop dramatically.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So,&nbsp;what happened on Ireland’s southwest coast last weekend? We hear from eyewitness, charter boat operator David Edwards.</p><br><p>Sorcha Pollak also talks to oceanographer at Maynooth University, Dr Gerard McCarthy, about what caused the freak tides at Courtmacsherry and Union Hall last weekend, the likelihood of a big tsunami hitting Ireland and how prepared we would be for one.&nbsp;</p><br><p><br></p><p><strong>Links: </strong></p><br><p>Deep Maps Cork article on the Lisbon Tsunami: <a href="http://www.deepmapscork.ie/past-to-present/climate/1755-lisbon-earthquake-tsunami-west-cork-coast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.deepmapscork.ie/past-to-present/climate/1755-lisbon-earthquake-tsunami-west-cork-coast/</a></p><br><p>Dr McCarthy's Twitter thread explaining the unusual tidal activity in Cork: <a href="https://twitter.com/ger_the_sea/status/1538660304699150337" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ger_the_sea/status/1538660304699150337</a></p><br><p>Watch David Edwards' footage from Courtmacsherry: <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2022/06/20/freak-west-cork-tides-not-caused-by-marine-earthquake-experts-say/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2022/06/20/freak-west-cork-tides-not-caused-by-marine-earthquake-experts-say/</a></p><br><p><br></p><br><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/priv