2008 Ireland floods

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2008 Ireland floods
Meteorological history
Duration1 – 19 August
Overall effects
Fatalities1
Damage100 houses and 18 dogs
Areas affectedIreland
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
One victim was pulled from the River Fergus in Ennis, County Clare.

The 2008 Irish flash floods were a series of flash floods that occurred across the island of Ireland in August 2008. The floods and related weather conditions primarily affected the following counties; Limerick, Cork, Dublin, Antrim, Carlow, Galway, Laois, Louth, Meath, Kildare, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Offaly, Sligo and Donegal. Parts of Ireland's large urban centres, including Dublin and Belfast, were submerged, whilst Carlow town has experienced some of the worst flooding in the country. One person died; 31-year-old dad-of-one Przemyslaw Jablonski. He went missing in the River Fergus, in Ennis, and was found 6 days later (on 18 August) in the same river. He was pronounced dead at the scene.[1]

  1. ^ "Body recovered from River Fergus". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2008.