Although many parts of the country have experienced flooding for the first time recently, particularly during Storm Chandra last month, one area affected more regularly is Kylemore Bridge on this busy rural thoroughfare. “The flood water will take a car and just sweep it away,” he says. Straight away the water was up around my thighs, I knew we had to get out of the car. This flow drags gravel and silt from the mountains, which then gathers underneath Kylemore Bridge. Locals Patricia Keane and Brendan Ridge at the road that floods close to Kylemore Bridge.

Source: The Irish Times February 20, 2026 10:34 UTC