See http://www.IrelandOldNews.com/Other/1845/NOV.html for news of flooding in Mallow in 1845. Latest reports indicate that Mallow has been spared in the recent devastation thanks to flood barriers erected last year. See <http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/communities-pull-together-in-worst-hit-flood-areas-435140.html> for news of latest disaster. -dja