Torrential downpours swept across a small Gaeltacht village yesterday trapping people in their homes and forcing motorists to abandon their cars.A monsoon-like downpour hit the small picturesque village of Gweedore in Co Donegal at around 2pm yesterday and continued causing havoc throughout yesterday evening, according to today's Irish Times. Shops in the Derrybeg area were reported to be 6ft deep in water and firemen attended the scene as locals continued to battle the rising tide of water.
The old chapel in Gweedore, where five people drowned in August of 1880, was once again under siege with water flooding through the front porch.
