Gales batter north coast

By Una Culkin
Published 9th Jan 2015, 14:17 BST
Ballycastle on the North Coast was hammered by gales of up to 70MPH overnight with more wind and snow predicted for the weekend. PICTURE STEVEN MCAULEY/MCAULEY MULTIMEDIABallycastle on the North Coast was hammered by gales of up to 70MPH overnight with more wind and snow predicted for the weekend. PICTURE STEVEN MCAULEY/MCAULEY MULTIMEDIA
Ballycastle on the North Coast was hammered by gales of up to 70MPH overnight with more wind and snow predicted for the weekend. PICTURE STEVEN MCAULEY/MCAULEY MULTIMEDIA
The north coast of Northern Ireland took a battering from gale force winds on Thursday night.

Ballycastle, for example, witnessed 70 mph winds during the evening.

Photographer Kevin McAuley captured some of the huge waves stirred up during the stormy weather.

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