County Hall water level

Name: County Hall water level (Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie))
Creator: Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

River gauge, Curragheen, Cork, Ireland

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

1.06m Down 0.65 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 05:15 GMT+1 (22 min ago)

History

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What this means

The gauge at County Hall reads 1.06 m, a normal level.

The usual range here runs from 0.90 m to 2.24 m.

The level is falling, down 0.65 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 1.06 m and 1.90 m.

Autumn rain usually starts to lift rivers again after the summer low.

Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.90 m – 2.24 m
Highest on record: 3.25 m

On the river at County Hall

A level in the typical range is usually good news for both anglers and canoeists, but conditions can change quickly after rain in the hills.

Flood warnings for the area come from the OPW and Met Éireann.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 11 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 13° 5° – Wind 8 km/h

18 Sun 14° 6° – Wind 7 km/h

19 Mon 13° 3° 0.2 mm, 34% Wind 11 km/h

20 Tue 14° 9° 5.8 mm, 58% Wind 19 km/h

21 Wed 11° 6° 1.8 mm, 59% Wind 40 km/h

22 Thu 13° 4° 0.3 mm, 60% Wind 21 km/h

23 Fri 9° 7° 36 mm, 69% Wind 43 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:02 AM Sunset 06:38 PM Daylight 10 hr, 36 min First quarter 37%

Map

Other gauges on the Curragheen

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Carrigrohane BridgeRiver gauge, Curragheen	0.78 m	Normal	±0	2.2 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Waterworks WeirRiver gauge, Lee	0.13 m	Normal	−0.86 m	0.2 km
Blackpool Retail ParkRiver gauge, Bride (Cork)	0.16 m	Normal	±0	3.6 km
Glen ParkRiver gauge, Glen	0.21 m	Normal	±0	4.5 km
Glennamought BridgeRiver gauge, Glen Tributary	0.40 m	Normal	±0	4.6 km
BallincollyRiver gauge, Glen Tributary	−0.09 m	Low	±0	5.0 km
Gothic BridgeRiver gauge, Blarney	0.13 m	Low	−0.01 m	5.2 km
Bawnafinny BridgeRiver gauge, Blarney	0.34 m	Normal	−0.01 m	6.7 km
MuskerryRiver gauge, Shournagh	0.17 m	Normal	−0.01 m	6.8 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the Curragheen at County Hall?

The Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie) gives a typical range of 0.90 m to 2.24 m for this gauge.

Is the river level the same as the depth of the water?

No. The reading is measured from a fixed zero mark at the gauge, so 1.06 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of County Hall today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 05:15 GMT+1, the water level was 1.06 m. Down 0.65 m over the last 24 hours.

Is County Hall rising or falling?

Down 0.65 m over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of County Hall normal?

Within the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at County Hall?

The highest level on record is 3.25 m.

How often is this data updated?

The Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie) publishes a new reading every 15 minutes. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie)
Station code: opw:19113 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.89264, -8.50964 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: OD Malin Head OSGM15
Gauge zero: 0.886 m
Update interval: every 15 minutes
Licence: CC BY 4.0. Contains Irish Public Sector Information licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence (source waterlevel.ie - provided by the Office of Public Works)

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	1.06 m	2026-10-17 04:15	Provisional

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Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie): County Hall (opw:19113). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/ireland/cork/county-hall

How we check values

Each reading is stored as published. We hold back values that jump faster than physically plausible and show the measurement time with every value.

Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer