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(On 17th July, 2021, the temperature
in Ballywatticock reached 31.2°C.
At the time, it was Northern Ireland's
highest ever recorded temperature.)

Both Belfast and Coleraine are widely known.
Armagh – both town and county – rings a bell.
Less famous, but still heard of, is Tyrone.
Lough Neagh is also known, if not as well.
You even might have heard of Lisburn. Yet
Whoever heard of Ballywatticock? . . .
Although, it's now a name we can't forget:
This town in County Down endured heat shock
The day its temp reached thirty-one point two
In setting Northern Ireland's record high . . .
Cool weather has returned. The heatwave's through.
One consequence, however, will not die:
Compatriots throughout the UK bloc
Know there's a place called Ballywatticock!