WATCH: Absolutely gigantic wind turbine blades parked up on roadside in Offaly

The colossal size of new generation wind turbines is hard to really imagine when they are in place.

However this video showing their blades parked along N52 outside Tullamore puts them into perspective.

Turbine parts are transported along road by night to avoid traffic delay, driving straight across roundabouts with the roundabouts around Tullamore being dug out and refilled on many occasions to allow them to drive through