The River Shannon
19/10/99
In the photograph you can
see the River Shannon.
It is in flood. It floods
the callows around this time every year.
It is bad news because all
the land there gets covered in water.
This area is know as the
Garbh Inch.
Nearly every year the flood
goes onto the road.
Then we have to travel a
road called the Toher or the river through the bog.
We know a man who works at
the lock gates in Athlone.
We phoned him on Friday to
see the level of the river.
In September the upper level
was 6ft 9 and the lower level was 7ft 2
On Friday 15/10/99 the upper
level was 8ft5and the lower level was 11ft9
By the way Clonown gets its
name from the river. Cluain/Meadow and Abhann /river
Come
on a walk to the Shannon Callows.