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Expanding lough forces elderly couple from Roscommon home Ballagh ‘on a knife-edge’ as lake has already swallowed up over 100 hectares of farmland
Thu, Feb 4, 2021, 01:58
Edward Beattie (82) stands in front of his house near Lough Funshinagh in Co Roscommon looking at flood waters creeping up towards his house last month. Photograph: supplied by family
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A couple in their 80s were forced to evacuate their Roscommon home earlier this week fearing it would be imminently flooded.
Edward John Beattie (82) has watched from his window over the past few weeks as the expanding Lough Funshinagh inched closer to his front door. The retired farmer said he was advised by senior Roscommon County Council officials on Monday to leave his house in Ballagh Cross, Rahara, where he has lived since 1951, as an embankment keeping the water at bay was at risk of collap
Homes evacuated due to Lough Funshinagh flooding in south Roscommon Published: Thursday, 04 February 2021 11:18
A couple in their 80 s were forced to evacuate their home in Co Roscommon earlier this week, over fears of flooding.
82- year old Edward John Beattie said he was advised by council officials on Monday to leave his house at Ballagh Cross, Rahara as Lough Funshinagh inched closer to his front door.
The lake has already flooded more than 100 hectares of farmland, and forced another local family to leave the area.
Locals have been concerned about the threat posed to their property since 2016 and Lough Funshinagh - which is actually a turlough - has not been receding as it used to.