Mystery humming noise in Ireland town causing "significant degree of discomfort" for residents

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different hum.

. They all describe the same thing, a low-pitched sound that’s only heard indoors, and that sounds like a distant piece of machinery, or an engine idling.

but the one in the op sounds like ( oops ) it’s outside

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The hum was accompanied by a mysterious rattling.

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Fair point. Still, I appreciated the way they dug into methodology used to locate the sound in various circumstances.

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Have we confirmed it wasn’t a mysterious ticking noise?

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This always reminds me of Christopher Guest as Harlan Pepper in Best in Show discussing the folks who live near the power lines (I have the right movie, right?).

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Sasquatch doesn’t know the words.

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I bought my car from a dealer which has some high tension lines about 50 meters from the lot, and boy can you hear that hum.

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What is “Ireland Town”? It is an Irish town or Northern Irish town

Do you have America towns or are they American towns?

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In my neighborhood it is the distant whine of leaf blowers, taking twice the time to remove leaves as a traditional rake.

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::sigh:: we have America towns:

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There are towns named Ireland in America.

And Zimbabwe!

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Probably just banshees.

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Energy vampires maybe?

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Well the constant hum of the engine explains this pretty well then…

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Air conditioning? In Omagh? Notions.

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