Castleconnell Water Level

Sun Dec 13, 2015 12:08 am

That was ULAC on Lough Derg before all last night's rain. Usually there's a marina about a foot above the water and 5 / 10 meters of path down to it.

Sun Dec 13, 2015 5:14 pm

Looks like the Glens isn't going to be runnable for a while but the waves on Castleconnell look fun!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abgcTTacCes

Sun Dec 13, 2015 10:05 pm

Just went for an aul drive round campus with daragh. The little foot bridges accross to Dromore are about a foot out of the water roundabout to the boathouse is flooded and all blocked off. So I dont know if we can even get down there

Sun Dec 13, 2015 10:29 pm

Sure can we not just... kayak down to the boathouse?

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Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:04 pm

Ya i had thought of that but how do you plan to get the kayak in the first place if they are in the bh...

Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:15 pm

Pool store room lad! Theyll do the job!

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Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:19 pm

JoshMorris2011 wrote:Pool store room lad! Theyll do the job!

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Dedication to the darts right here.

Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:27 pm

Boathouse is off limits. Security won't give us the keys.

Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:45 pm

GavinSheehan wrote:Boathouse is off limits. Security won't give us the keys.

Well that sucks.

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Mon Dec 14, 2015 1:43 pm

Boathouse is off limits till Wednesday earliest

Dear All,

Please be advised that the Boathouse remains in lockdown. The access road is impassable from the Tierney Roundabout and ‘the services’ (sewage plant) road - as the floods are rising pumps are in place.
There is no threat to the stores areas – the concerns are within the boathouse itself in terms of the services ie toilets, showers etc and rising water through these facilities.

Building & Estates together with contractors are doing their utmost but the advice is the Boathouse and all access will remain closed until a review on Wednesday at lunchtime. There is no access permitted before this time.

Please ensure to advise all club members. UL Sport will keep you updated as things progress.

Regards
Neasa

Mon Dec 14, 2015 2:26 pm

They were saying on the news today the ESB are supposed to have to let more water through Parteen today and tomorrow.
I was just in Castleconnell

Mon Dec 14, 2015 9:03 pm

They are going to keep the water at 440 cumecs until Wednesday at least and then gonna review it.

Mon Dec 14, 2015 9:25 pm

The Mulcair could be an interesting paddle at these water levels, if we could access our boats!

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Tue Dec 15, 2015 3:37 pm

Well, there is now vehicular access to the Boathouse, as B&E have opened a new (old) entrance into the Tierney building carpark, and that then connects to the "Western Carpark" and the boathouse.

As for water levels at the moment, the river is about at the top of the ramp to the pontoon, and has dropped a few cm from earlier on, most likely due to the Mulcair dropping off.

I would expect that keyholder access to the BH be restored quickly enough.

Tue Dec 15, 2015 3:54 pm

Cathal wrote:Well, there is now vehicular access to the Boathouse, as B&E have opened a new (old) entrance into the Tierney building carpark, and that then connects to the "Western Carpark" and the boathouse.

As for water levels at the moment, the river is about at the top of the ramp to the pontoon, and has dropped a few cm from earlier on, most likely due to the Mulcair dropping off.

I would expect that keyholder access to the BH be restored quickly enough.

So if we wend ahead and went to Schull this morning it could have all worked out.