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Ten continental cattle died following a lightning strike in Cavan on Friday evening.
The incident happened in the Butlersbridge area of the county. The cattle, understood to be heifers, had sheltered under a tree.
A status yellow thunderstorm warning had been issued by Met Éireann for Cavan from around 4pm on Friday until 6pm.
In August of last year, a number of cattle were killed in a lightning strike near Gort, Co Galway.
In 2019, eight in-calf heifers will killed on a farm in Moneygall, Co Offaly, after being struck by lightning.
In this case, the cattle had taken shelter under a bush when the incident occurred.
Twenty-three cattle were killed in a lightning strike in Co Waterford in 2014. The animals were mostly Charolais-crosses.
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