This was in The Autoboigraphy of Peig Sayers of Great Blasket Island . Mrs Sayers and her brother-in law are taking turns telling old stories. In one story she tells of 5 girls from Ventry --in County Kerry, Ireland---who went Whit Monday to gather bairneachs and to dance on a cliff top and were drpwned. That same day, according to Mrs. Sayer's story, 2 other women almost drowned near Tonakilly. . There was a huge wave which other people saw and watched until it had passed Slea Head and moved south. Did this really happen? Do you think it was a tsunani? Can you give me more information?
2006-06-13 07:24:58 · 2 answers · asked by Dorcas 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
"A tsunami in Kerry? Experts insist it’s only a matter of time"
"Kerry was hit by a tsunami 250 years ago"
2006-06-13 11:36:52 · answer #1 · answered by alpha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scientists who have scoffed at the idea of rogue waves have now had to concede that they do exist because they have been photographed from space. Waves up to 100 feet high can form under the right conditions. Tsunami waves are almost undetectable out at sea. If people could actually see it, it was probably a rogue wave. Or it could just be a good story. Who knows?
2006-06-13 10:24:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋