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17 reasons why Ireland's weather obsession is totally justified

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PEOPLE IN IRELAND are totally obsessed with the weather.

This is totally justified. And here’s why.

Today, it realised that spring was here, so it snowed heavily

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In fact, it did this in the course of one day

Sorry, one hour

Sorry, two minutes

So it’s hardly surprising that a whole ecosystem of memes has sprung up around it

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That detailed illustrations have been produced, dedicated to its madness

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That some of the country’s greatest ever headlines have been dedicated to it

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(Speaking of yellow objects, let’s not forget that a ‘yellow snow warning’ is an actual thing.)

Oh, and summer? Sure, let’s talk about summer.

There are entire shop displays dedicated to it.

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Cars have been customised to cope with it.

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So in a country where this can be the view from two windows of the same house

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Where poor Evelyn Cusack has been reduced to going on about moon cycles

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Where Martin King is so shook he had to do the weather sitting down

Where this is a typical view out the window

Where this man is practically a folk hero

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It’s hardly surprising that we’re all obsessed by it.

In fact, it’s just lucky that we’re all so good at talking about it.

More: 9 conversations every Irish person constantly has about the weather>