Authors’ reply to the Discussion of ‘Inference for extreme spatial temperature events in a changing climate with application to Ireland’

Firstly, we would like to sincerely thank all the discussants, particularly the proposer and seconder, for their interest in our paper, the variety of questions they have asked, and their suggestions for enhancements to the methods we use. We are especially pleased that the points that the discussants raise are across the entire spectrum of the paper. Below we separate our response into the main themes that were raised, specifically: fundamental modelling of extremes