The aerial photo here shows a turlough at a townland called Roo approx
two and a half miles west of Gort Co Galway.
A turlough is a depression on limestone ground that is normally dry but in
wet weather and as the water table rises it perculates through the cracks
and fissures of this permeable rock to form a temporary lake.
As there has been a prolonged wet spell since the start of 2014 the water
table is rising to a point where the water in these temporary lakes are
threatening to flood nearby properties.


Camera; Digital
Photo; February 10th 2014
Stock library image file # dr_f6_6912