Given that tonight is the subject of a severe weather warning, I thought I’d share some photos from a recent late night trip to Newcastlewest. Pam and I left Dublin late on Thursday night, after she finished work, hoping to avoid the Bank Holiday Friday traffic. We arrived into Newcastlewest just as the river, the Arra, burst its banks. We had just driven into town when the water came up on the Kerry side of the town, and had figured out a way around back through Limerick side, when the town flooded there too.
Anyway, a few hours later, and a couple of pics, we were rescued by Pam’s uncle Garry, who brought us out recently dried back roads. So here’s some photos:
