News of more floods in Clonmel where houses were evacuated and there was a crowd waiting at the new bridge in Enniscorty today waiting for the water to rise and cover it. Heard about a person in one of the seaside towns in County Cork who built a new house on a street that was liable to flood and he decided to raise the floor level by three blocks (about 30"). When the planning authority people saw it they ordered him to knock it down as it was not in keeping with the surrounding street. Some local floods last evening between Belmont and Cloghan. Colin took a photograph of the flood in the callows north of the village near sunset and there was a remarkable golden colour on the grass of a field that has not been used this year. Hope it comes out.
Saw on the papers yesterday that a young Doctor O'Brien from Rosemount has just been awarded 1.2 million euros to research osteoporosis. Initially he qualified as an engineer.
Conor has got a job with a GAA magazine and starts work next week. The old weekly gaa notes for this site are paying off.
Longford and Westmeath are to be rejoined as a four seater constituency for the next election.
Copies of JohnJoe Grenham's book on Moore are now available in the Library. There are some remarkable articles and photographs in the book and there is a fine colour photograph on the front cover of Lamb Island and the homeplace of Michael Mc Cann who wrote O Donnell Abu.
There are books on West Clare Railway and another on Irish Landscapes by Frank Mitchell
now available in the Library and a Book of Quotations that caught my eye as they are all based on the old Brehon Laws.
Finally plenty of rain last evening but today has turned outdry. Martin Burke tells us that the Goldfinches are back in their garden again but he has not started to feed them as yet.
Christmas is coming and the Library will have this years final night on 16th December and will re-open on 13th January. Visit it soon.