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| Duration | 1 – 19 August |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 1 |
| Damage | 100 houses and 18 dogs |
| Areas affected | Ireland United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) |
The 2008 Irish flash floods were a series of flash floods that occurred across the island of Ireland in August 2008. The floods and related weather conditions primarily affected the following counties; Limerick, Cork, Dublin, Antrim, Carlow, Galway, Laois, Louth, Meath, Kildare, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Offaly, Sligo and Donegal. Parts of Ireland's large urban centres, including Dublin and Belfast, were submerged, whilst Carlow town has experienced some of the worst flooding in the country. One person died; 31-year-old dad-of-one Przemyslaw Jablonski. He went missing in the River Fergus, in Ennis, and was found 6 days later (on 18 August) in the same river. He was pronounced dead at the scene.[1]
- ^ "Body recovered from River Fergus". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2008.