Heavy and localised downpours of rain on Sunday saw parts of Leinster and Ulster badly affected.
Met Éireann’s figures shows that Ballyhaise, Co Cavan, received 48.8mm or almost 2in of rain on Sunday.
Oak Park, Co Carlow, received 40.3mm of rain, equivalent to more than 1.5in in 24 hours.
Dunsany Castle, Co Meath, received 25.2mm and Mullingar, Co Westmeath, received 22.2mm.
The Irish Farmers Journal Sencrop weather station data shows St Johnston’s village in Donegal receiving 48.8mm of rain, Ballyragget, Co Kilkenny, received 29mm, New Ross, Co Wexford, 24.2mm and Athy, Co Kildare, received 23.9mm.
The effects of heavy rain
In Meath, Ronan Delany showed water flowing from his fields:
Rivers of water but savage humidity out, pic.twitter.com/1FbXOXNVrV
— gaulstown (@gaulstownfarms) September 22, 2019
In Kilkenny, dairy farmer Tom Tynan showed his rainfall gauge and its effect on his cows.
Today in pictures pic.twitter.com/mHS0fD42T2
— Tom Tynan ?? (@Cullcows) September 22, 2019
Heavy rain was also spread across many parts of Co Fermanagh, including John Egerton's farm situated beside Roslea:
Sometimes words just don't do the pictures justice pic.twitter.com/oPpudub5tm
— John Egerton (@johnegerton36) September 22, 2019
However, other areas of the country managed to escape the rain. Met Éireann recorded no rain in Newport, Co Mayo, and only 0.6mm was recorded at Cork Airport.
According to the Irish Farmers Journal forecast, Bushmills, Co Antrim, received 3.6mm of rain and only 0.8mm was recorded at Eyrecourt, Co Galway.
This late spell of heavy rain has now left ground conditions under increased pressure.
In contrast to the majority of the country, some farmers in drier areas welcomed the rain and were delighted to see it, including David Melody on the Greenfield farm in Kilkenny:
In an hour. Delighted to see it. Only down side is that cows are passing dung like water through them. Too loose pic.twitter.com/CkcBeTvm7h
— David Melody (@davidm3329) September 21, 2019
And in neighbouring Waterford, Big Week on the Farm 2018 hosts Neil and Gillian O’Sullivan were also happy to see rain:
First time in a long while I've seen this in the morning - 15mm - woohoo! pic.twitter.com/A2CgDu9Pxk
— Neil O'Sullivan (@NeilOSuileabhai) September 22, 2019
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