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A bit of a barney

Photos of lower Lough Derg during Storm Barney on the afternoon of Tuesday 17 November 2015.

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From the R494 driving north from Ballina

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From the same position, looking around the other side of the house

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From The Lookout 1

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From The Lookout 2

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From The Lookout 3

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At Castletown 1

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At Castletown 2

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From the beach at Castlelough 1

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From the beach at Castlelough 2

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From the beach at Castlelough 3

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From the beach at Castlelough 4

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From the beach at Castlelough 5

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From the beach at Castlelough 6

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From the beach at Castlelough 7

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Crows at Castlelough

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From the woods at Castlelough 1

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From the woods at Castlelough 2

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Dromineer 1

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Dromineer 2

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Dromineer 3

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Dromineer 4

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Dromineer 5

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Dromineer 6

The storm on the Shannon

Turf boat above Killaloe: Admiralty Surveyors' sketch 1839 [by kind permission of the UK National Archives]

Turf boat above Killaloe: Admiralty Surveyors’ sketch 1839 [by kind permission of the UK National Archives]

On Tuesday last, a boat laden with turf, and manned by three persons — two Quins, brothers, young boys, and the owner, Martin Houlagan — left the County of Galway side of the Shannon for Killaloe. The weather became so very rough, it was late before they neared the quay at Derry Castle; but, unfortunately, when within view of safety, a squall split the sail, and the little vessel capsized, and, with the two Quins, sank to the bottom.

Houlagan swam to the shore, but it was so dark he could not find his way; he got inside a sheltered ditch from the inclemency of the night, but was found, in the morning, a lifeless corpse.

Northern Whig 26 November 1840 quoting the Nenagh Guardian

Limerick Boat Club

Video. NB I have no information on this myself and have no intention of going to inspect the site: it’s windy and wet in Limerick.