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Lightning strike causes major damage to church on Christmas Day

written by Stephen Maguire December 28, 2016
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A lightning strike which struck a Donegal church on Christmas Day caused serious damage.

The Archdeacon of Raphoe, Ven. David Huss, said Donegal Parish Church in Donegal Town may now be forced to remain closed for a number of weeks during repair work.

ESB staff cut off the electricity supply to the building.

A number of sockets and circuit boards were blown out as a result of the massive power surge into the building.

The strike took place after 9pm and thankfully nobody was in the church at the time.

Lightning strike causes major damage to church on Christmas Day was last modified: December 28th, 2016 by Stephen Maguire
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Stephen Maguire is the co-founder of Donegal Daily. He has worked as a reporter for almost 30 years starting locally with the Donegal Peoples Press before moving to the Mirror Group. He continues to contribute daily to national media outlets including the Irish Times, RTE, the Irish Independent, Irish Sun, Irish Mirror, Irish Star, the Daily Mail and the Examiner.

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