Natural Flood Management resources
Drainage and River Management IRT Webinair
Drainage_and_River_Management_IRTWebinar_QandA_FINAL (PDF 212KB)
The Opportunities for Natural Water Retention Measures in Inishowen – 14th Feb 2020
Prof. Mary Bourke & Dr. Paul Quinn – Opportunities for NWRM in Inishowen (PDF 900KB) – Presentation at launch event in Colgan Hall, Carndonagh
Slow the Flow Feb 2018
Brendan Maguire - Gerry Mc Clafferty, Inland Fisheries Ireland Feb 2018
On the Ground – Natural Flood Management – Inishowen
Delivering a natural flood management project to the Clonmany catchment in Inishowen, Co. Donegal. Meet Mark Davenport and Philip Duffy, McCloy Consulting, as they look at different areas of the catchment on this project brought to the area by Inishowen Rivers Trust. Filmed by Macruarí Audio & Film Services on location in Clonmany, Inishowen, Co. Donegal, including original music by Ella McGrory.
This project was funded through the EU LEADER Programme 2014-2020
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe investing in rural areas with additional support from the OPW, LAWPRO and Donegal County Council.
Building Leaky Dams in Inishowen, Co. Donegal
A short clip from the Inishowen Rivers Trust project 'On the Ground' showing the construction of a leaky dam in Clonmany, Inishowen, Co. Donegal. Works contractor and forester on the project, Ross Buchanan, explains the construction process and how leaky dams work.
This project was funded through the EU LEADER Programme 2014-2020
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe investing in rural areas with additional support from the OPW, LAWPRO and Donegal County Council.
Leaky Dams Clonmany, Inishowen
Wetlands expert Féidhlim Harty (FH Wetlands Ltd) visits Inishowen, Co. Donegal to advise on nature based solutions for farms, ponds and forests. In this video Féidhlim visits the Inishowen Rivers Trust natural flood management project in Clonmany to see the newly installed leaky dams. These dams aim to slow the flow of water through the Ballyhallan River catchment and form part of a network of dams on streams and drains. Féidhlim explains how the dams work.
