Post Flood Pictures

MissThang

Those poor people. I know that house too in Lydican.

Zzippy

A lot of the land that has flooded now near the Clare would have flooded every winter pre-drainage, circa 1950s. Since then, that land has by and large been flood free, and people have started building houses on what was effectively a flood plain. Unfortunately, even a drained river can only cope with so much water, and those people who built on that land are unfortunately seeing what happens. Planning in this country has been a joke for many years, maybe now the council planners will wake up and stop allowing this to happen.

The fisheries board had to object to An Bord Pleanala about a housing development that was going up beside another river in Mayo, the developer fought it tooth and nail, but ABP eventually upheld the appeal. The developer did get permission for a neighbouring development, and guess what, he can't sell any of the ground floor apartments because the river flooded them a couple of months after completion.

Hotwheels

MissThang wrote: »

Those poor people. I know that house too in Lydican.

That is just depressing....

mrsdewinter

Deleted User wrote: »

The graveyard / abbey behind the ball alley is older than the castle AFAIK but it was on the other side of the river / an island then.

OS map:

http://ims0.osiemaps.ie/website/publicviewer/main.aspx#V1,537188,733161,6

Click historic 25i in the bottom right hand corner.

That's extremely interesting. Clicked on Historic B&W there too - even more informative: it shows the castle standing on an island. That says it all really, doesn't it?

Tech3

Deleted User wrote: »

Flood Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4VI_zSMowY

Do you know what route this was on? Some joke everyone taking a pop trying to get through the flood

extraice

well was in North of Tenerife last week and we had a floods just few off them had , here some youtube off it , power , water was cut off , house were washed away and watch the parking off cars

and 2nd utube will show you where the car can from , and there was a house there where water is fall is now on ther right . all down on the beach 5 km away

mrsdewinter

mrsdewinter wrote: »

That's extremely interesting. Clicked on Historic B&W there too - even more informative: it shows the castle standing on an island. That says it all really, doesn't it?

The historic B&W shows the ruined abbey is on an island - the castle is to the north side. The bit on the island is behind the ballalley / farmyard today.

My own village looks very different (but my family farm is there at least)

transylman

Zzippy wrote: »

Planning in this country has been a joke for many years, maybe now the council planners will wake up and stop allowing this to happen.

I wouldn't blame the planners. Most of the time they take things like flood plains into account. Its just they tend to be overruled by the councilors, who for some reason want to push through these developments anyway, almost as if they stand to personally benefit from authorizing unsuitable housing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVePP6aLE2s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGPjaNB3cJo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOGtd-x0yr4

AidySevenfold

Wow, i'm from donegal, but some of these pics are shocking. really feel for the guy with the new home.
some pictures are scary actually :eek:

Zzippy

transylman wrote: »

I wouldn't blame the planners. Most of the time they take things like flood plains into account. Its just they tend to be overruled by the councilors, who for some reason want to push through these developments anyway, almost as if they stand to personally benefit from authorizing unsuitable housing.

Corrupt local politicians in Ireland? Nah....surely not! :rolleyes:

Sponge Bob

The planners let through a blatant flood plain jobbie in Oranmore that An Bord Pleanála overuled

http://buckplanning.blogspot.com/2007/03/board-rejects-plan-for-housing-on-flood.html

lala stone

cranky bollix wrote: »

where is that pic taken.judging by what there drinking , it looks more like somewhere on the continent

+1 farmers dont do long-necks

JohnCleary

Anyone got any pics of the Curraghline?

Picture of Claregalway from rte.ie
http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1122/flooding%20_gallery.html

mndgz

just saw it on facebook.
kiltartan rd.

civis_liberalis

Where's that exactly? Beside Coole?

Chimpster

civis_liberalis wrote: »

Where's that exactly? Beside Coole?

The turn off for Kinvara

Sponge Bob

spanner555

Some picture of Mountshannon harbour taken thurs 26/11/09 around midday.

alibabba

Sponge Bob wrote: »

even a submarine would struggle to get thru that
cripes !

Caryatnid

Wowee those pics are unreal. I'm in Dublin and it's like a different world out there! All we have near where I am is just sh!tty weather and a lot of rain.

If you are on Facebook, maybe some of the people here who haven't been flooded would like to check out the group: "Donate items! - Help people in Ireland affected by the floods." - dunno how to add link to it, sorry.

Robbo

You'd think because of this we'll stop building Lego houses on unsuitable land. We won't though. Just whack a facetious Irish name on it and call it progress, marvellous.

Great pics by the way, keep em coming. I wish I'd stopped there last Friday to capture the river between Kilcolgan and Kinvara.