Weather for ducks in Saint Stephen's Green, Dublin.

Widespread rain put a damper on the August bank holiday weekend.

A stroll around St Stephen's Green, Grafton Street and Temple Bar on a very wet August bank holiday weekend.

A virtually deserted Grafton Street on a rainy August Bank Holiday weekend
A virtually deserted Grafton Street on a rainy August Bank Holiday weekend

'Dublin on a Sunny Sunday Morning’ sung by Noel Purcell accompanies this footage of the city on anything but a sunny morning.

Dublin can be heaven

With coffee at eleven

And a stroll in Stephen's Green.

An RTÉ News report broadcast on 4 August 1985.