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Watch a "mini-tornado" whip through a Kildare hay field

Not something you see every day.

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THIS IS SOMETHING you don’t see every day, a “mini tornado” whipping through an Irish field.

The wind was spotted by reader Carmel Henry this afternoon in Athy.

It’s unknown if any cows were thrown across the field, but the kids in the video seem to be having fun, so we’ll assume all was well.

Tornado

The circular wind is fairly common across different parts of the world, not just areas which get tornadoes.

It’s still pretty cool, though.

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    Mute Byyys
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    Aug 12th 2015, 10:33 PM

    Was the the only person clicking into this article to see a flying cow in a “mini tornado”

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    Mute Peadar Ó Gréacháin
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    Aug 12th 2015, 10:51 PM

    Byyys She’s on holidays, or so the Socal Welfare Department tells me.

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    Mute IrishGravyTrain
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    Aug 12th 2015, 10:35 PM

    Disappointed that cow not involved. More click bate.

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    Mute The Cill Dara Times
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    Aug 12th 2015, 10:35 PM

    It would be fairly common.Maybe not on Grafton Street but common in fields around the country this time of year.
    By the way it’s straw not hay but we won’t go into detail.

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    Mute MGrey
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    Aug 12th 2015, 10:50 PM

    Snob! ;-)

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    Mute Ray Reilly
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    Aug 12th 2015, 10:39 PM

    Are they American kids? Or just Irish kids with American accents?

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    Mute carmel henry
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    Aug 12th 2015, 10:56 PM

    American kids visiting relations in Ireland

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    Mute graham galvin
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    Aug 12th 2015, 11:27 PM

    @Ray Its hard to tell the difference these days. I once asked a young one what part of America was she from? She replied she was from Dublin.

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    Mute AARO-SAURUS
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    Aug 13th 2015, 10:46 AM

    Kids seem to put on these stupid American accents nowadays. My little sister being one. I don’t get it at all.

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    Mute John Reese
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    Aug 12th 2015, 10:29 PM

    The most surprising thing here is there are people saving hay in this sorry excuse for a summer we have just had.

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    Mute Martin Grey
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    Aug 12th 2015, 10:35 PM

    That is a Thermal popping up rather than a tornado. Two completely different phonominm. The blue sky with puffy clouds on a warm day. Classic conditions for a Thermal. Know as dust devil on other parts of the world.

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    Mute orlaa
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    Aug 12th 2015, 11:11 PM

    that’s me filming with the American accent!!

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    Mute Robert Wriggit
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    Aug 12th 2015, 10:30 PM

    That is so cool!

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    Mute John Lennox
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    Aug 12th 2015, 11:41 PM

    We called them a Sidhe na Gaoithe when we were growing up, known as the fairy wind.

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    Mute Trudy Taaffe
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    Aug 12th 2015, 10:48 PM

    Where is the flying cow??? False advertising here!!

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    Mute Liam Kielthy
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    Aug 12th 2015, 10:53 PM

    got his straw turned over the eco friendly way.

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    Mute Donie Keyes
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    Aug 12th 2015, 10:42 PM

    American accents filtered down to Kildare now! Jeez us h Christ !

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    Mute Oliver Henry
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    Aug 12th 2015, 11:03 PM

    American kids visiting Irish cousins The American took out the phone to record it while the locals ran in to get a closer look

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    Mute Gary
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    Aug 13th 2015, 9:14 AM

    Donie, you must have never been abroad. I’ve recorded loads of things from many countries, it doesn’t mean I’m from any of those countries.

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    Mute orlaa
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    Aug 12th 2015, 11:15 PM

    yup! that’s alright so at least we have proof so the farmer doesn’t think we just screwed with his hay

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    Mute bobs_your_aunt
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    Aug 12th 2015, 10:47 PM

    That’s a good ole fairy blast

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    Aug 12th 2015, 10:36 PM

    Once no steaks where injured that’s all that matters…..cows I mean cows sry…

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    Mute Guy Incognito
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    Aug 12th 2015, 11:09 PM

    Very common in hot summer days, you just can’t see them. I remember at oxegen 2008, one moved through the camp site, taking some tents with it!

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    Aug 13th 2015, 4:18 AM

    I seen that thought it was a kite display

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    Aug 13th 2015, 3:59 AM

    I’ve noticed my nephews using the word ‘awesome’ (live in West Cork) and it drives me spare. I just will not allow myself to get used to it.

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    Aug 13th 2015, 1:44 AM

    That’s a saoi gaoth (sp?) – a fairy wind..,magical

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    Mute Garreth Byrne
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    Aug 12th 2015, 11:06 PM

    It’s just a small HAYDANO as one of the voiceovers aptly termed it. Nothing to worry about except a localised outbreak of hay fever maybe.

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    Mute Seamus Brady
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    Aug 13th 2015, 1:08 AM

    Can we get a tornado to rip through the Dail

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    Mute Diane Cauldwell
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    Aug 13th 2015, 1:24 AM

    this one is near…the other is far away…

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    Aug 13th 2015, 5:53 PM

    The technical term for a twister like this is a “Leinster Loop”. #leinsterloop

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