Hailstones and rain heard from inside a shipping container, Ballycurrin, Co. Galway, Ireland on 1st May 2020 – by Alan Meaney.

“After a few days of sunny weather, the clouds darkened in the morning and I anticipated rain.  I grabbed my recorder and made my way into the shipping container which acts as as a makeshift shed in our back garden.  The hailstones and heavy rain came in waves before lightening off to give way to birdsong.”

Featured on the Field Recordings Podcast on 1/5/2020 -https://fieldrecordings.xyz/2020/05/16/hailstones-and-rain-heard-from-inside-a-shipping-container-ballycurrin-co-galway-ireland-on-1st-may-2020-by-alan-meaney/

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