Tuesday saw considerable rainfall hit the northwest of the country.

According to Met Éireann, accumulations of 60mm to 80mm were recorded, with 77mm of rainfall in Malin Head in Co Donegal.

Donegal remains under a status yellow rainfall and will remain so until Friday at 6pm with the potential for a further 25mm to 40mm to accumulate in 24 hours in the area.

Flooding in Burnfoot, An Grianán Estate, Co Donegal Clive Wasson.

Untold damage

Flooding across the north of the country has detrimental affects on infrastructure, as well as agricultural land and livestock.

There have been numerous close calls, one including 190 sheep owned by Eamonn Strain trapped on a narrow piece of high land surrounded by the flood water in Donegal.

Luckily for Strain, the 22ac field had a 100ft area of high ground, enough to facilitate the 190 Suffolk ewes.

Mickey Doherty was not so fortunate as he watched 150 haylage bales wash down the River Crana in Donegal.

Doherty also told the Irish Farmers Journal that only for the support from his neighbour in letting him put cattle in his shed, things could have been worse.

Derry farmer, Alastair Craig, suffered greatly as a result of the flood, losing eight pedigree Holstein bull calves as well as six acres of straw.

Meanwhile, Eglinton farmer Donald Montgomery said: “It is the worst rain I ever seen in my life. I hope we never see anything like it again.

“The higher ground where we farm wasn’t covered, but fields and roads around Eglinton and Campsie have been completely flooded.

“One neighbour had 13 sheep grazing in a field and they were gone on Wednesday morning,” he said.

Flooding at Newtownstewart, Co Tyrone.

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