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Ennis and Clare Flood Pics

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  • #2
    ollaetta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,738 ✭✭✭ollaetta


    Yikes!!! I don't ever remember flooding that bad in the town. Saw the footage on the news of the water spilling over the wall at Flannans. What the hell is going on?


  • #3
    Stuxnet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭Stuxnet


    resize them, or just post links,

    saw flannans on news, water was nearly coming over the perimeter wall, madness


  • #4
    Shoes&Frocks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭Shoes&Frocks


    Water was coming over the walls at Flannans. Total madness.

    10 years ago the Parnell st side of town, including Mill road, was totally flooded. I remember wading down Parnell st in wellies and then hitching a lift into my flat on Mill road on a rubber dingy.

    Since then the council has done upgrading works to the drainage system in town but only to move the problem to the opposite end of town, ie. Abbey St. Its typical of this country. Fix a problem by moving it elsewhere. They can't get anything right...


  • #5
    wolfpawnat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,124 ✭✭✭wolfpawnat


    I didnt take many photo's of the flooding in Kilrush, but I was on my way to Tescos yesterday and there is a white house near it that has a small river that flows near it, and the excess rain water caused this to happen!


  • #6
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,572 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    xmcp - some of those images were too big to display here.
    I've changed them to regular links.


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  • #7
    soccymonster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,553 ✭✭✭soccymonster


    Shoes&Frocks wrote: »
    Water was coming over the walls at Flannans. Total madness.

    I think it's great :D. No school :D.

    Although alot of the roads around my parish are flooded making it very hard to get to my house :(.

    Heard the weather is supposed to be awful again tommorrow.


  • #8
    xmcp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 48 ✭xmcp


    Mr E wrote: »
    xmcp - some of those images were too big to display here.
    I've changed them to regular links.

    Cheers (don't seem to have a high enough postcount to thanks!)
    Shoes&Frocks wrote: »
    10 years ago the Parnell st side of town, including Mill road, was totally flooded. I remember wading down Parnell st in wellies and then hitching a lift into my flat on Mill road on a rubber dingy.

    Since then the council has done upgrading works to the drainage system in town but only to move the problem to the opposite end of town, ie. Abbey St. Its typical of this country. Fix a problem by moving it elsewhere. They can't get anything right...

    Thank god they did... I'm sitting in my office just off Parnell street! 10 years ago, I'd definitely be flooded in. I remember that, around Christmas 1998, all of Parnell street was fecked but everyplace else was grand.


  • #9
    Jay P
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,944 ✭✭✭Jay P


    Haha, I always hated the Queens :P

    soccymonster wrote: »
    I think it's great :D. No school :D.

    Although alot of the roads around my parish are flooded making it very hard to get to my house :(.

    Heard the weather is supposed to be awful again tommorrow.

    According to the news, so will sunday. And monday. And tuesday. And wednesday.


  • #10
    fatherbuzcagney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 373 ✭✭fatherbuzcagney


    its looks more like Venice than Ennis from those photos.


  • #11
    Jay P
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,944 ✭✭✭Jay P


    fatherbuzcagney wrote: »
    its looks more like VEnnis than Ennis from those photos.

    FYP


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  • #12
    Keano
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,808 Mod ✭✭✭✭Keano


    Whats the current state of Ennis. Was thinking of heading in later?


  • #13
    Stuxnet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭Stuxnet


    Keano A Legend wrote: »
    Whats the current state of Ennis. Was thinking of heading in later?
    its grand, main streets are open, but one or 2 detours around the place
    lots of parking, abbey st and parnell st car parks are empty


  • #14
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    You can only blame the council planning dept for allowing housing estates develop along the flood plains around town, Quinn Road by Johnnos and out the Tulla Rd.

    Article in todays Indo.


  • #15
    philstar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,986 ✭✭✭philstar


    Here's some from killaloe, east clare

    flood1j.jpg

    flood2.jpg

    and ballycurggan park just outside killaloe

    flood3.jpg


  • #16
    celliman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46 ✭celliman


    wtf i see my wee boat in that pic.better get over there


  • #17
    Shoes&Frocks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭Shoes&Frocks


    celliman wrote: »
    wtf i see my wee boat in that pic.better get over there

    Are they not TEMPORARY moorings? should your boat even be there??????


  • #18
    TheSquire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭TheSquire


    FAO Run_to_da_Hills

    When you say blame the planning dept for allowing housing estates to be built on flood plains around the town, can you give me the names of any specific housing estates. I'm doing a short paper on the issue of flooding in Ennis and any help would be greatly appreciated...thanks!!


  • #19
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,028 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    TheSquire wrote: »
    FAO Run_to_da_Hills

    When you say blame the planning dept for allowing housing estates to be built on flood plains around the town, can you give me the names of any specific housing estates. I'm doing a short paper on the issue of flooding in Ennis and any help would be greatly appreciated...thanks!!

    I'd recommend get a copy of the old maps of the area, I think they are over in the library and have a look at flood planes on there and then have a look at the new estates in town


  • #20
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    TheSquire wrote: »
    FAO Run_to_da_Hills

    When you say blame the planning dept for allowing housing estates to be built on flood plains around the town, can you give me the names of any specific housing estates. I'm doing a short paper on the issue of flooding in Ennis and any help would be greatly appreciated...thanks!!

    Two in Particular,

    One out by Johnos Bar on the Quinn Road Bruach Na Habhainne and much of the newer part of the Quinn Rd Industrial Estate, This area filled in much of the Fergus flood plain and swamp area. I can remember the truck loads of hard core being delivered at the time to reclaim the land and saying to myself WTF. :eek:

    Areas around Fergus view out the Tullo Road on the right were also built on floodplains over the last 10 years. My ex use to work out there and before these estates were built you could see the flooded fields. Scandalous, someone needs taking down for this.


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