Station: 						Castlecomer House 
County:							Kilkenny
Met Éireann Reference Code:				RR/D/8/3
Lat:							52°48'10"N  
Lon:							07°12'10"W
Observer:						Records completed by Thomas Mahony and R. H. Prior-Wandesforde.
Start year:						1908
End year:						1940
Missing:						1915; 1916
Missing data indicator:					-999
Time of Observation:					09:30am [1908-1909]; 07:00am [1914]; 10:00am [1917-1924]; n/a [1925-1940]
Unit of measurement:					inch
Rain gauge pattern:					n/a			
Diameter:						5 inches
Height of top of gauge above ground:			8.5 inches [1908-1909]; 1 ft [1912]; 1 ft, 5 in [1913]; 1 ft, 3 in [1914]; 1 ft [1917-1918]; 1 foot, 6 in [1919]; 1 ft [1920-1929]; 10 inches [1930]; 1 foot [1931-1933]; 10 inches [1934]; 1 foot [1935-1940]
Height of top of gauge above sea level:			380 feet [1908-1913]; 392 feet [1917-1918]; 400 feet [1919]; 380 feet [1920-1940]
Nearest railway station:				Ballyragget
Distance to nearest railway station:			6.5 miles West


Additional Information:					1908: Corrected for wrong day.
							1909: Corrected for wrong day.			
							1910: Corrected for wrong day.
							1912: Multiday accumulation 10th Feb.
							1912: Jul corrected for wrong day.
							1913: Multiday accumulations 7th, 10th May; 8th Jun.
							1917: Corrected for wrong day.
							1924: Multiday accumulation 13th Jan.
							1928: Multiday accumulation 15th Mar.
							1933: Multiday accumulation 28th Feb.
							1934: Multiday accumulations 11th Jan; 30th Aug.
							1936: Multiday accumulations 13th Feb; 21st Mar.
							1937: Multiday accumulations 2nd Feb; 7th Mar.
							1939: Multiday accumulation 22nd Jun. 
							1940: Multiday accumulation 27th Feb; 30th Apr.


Notes:							1928: Note re. placement of gauge. Gauge is 1 foot above ground on a terrace which is 3 feet above level of ground.
							1933: 28th Feb - value of 2.60 includes the snow from 24th-26th inclusive. Observer away from home at the time.

							
Rainfall quality indicator:				0: Ok
							1: estimated
							2: daily value not available, accumulated value later
							3: Estimated and Cumulative (read)
							4: Trace (<0.05mm, entered as 0.0)
							5: Estimated Trace (same as 4)
							6: Cumulative Trace (same as 4)
							7: Estimated Cumulative Trace (same as 4)
							8: Not Available (no value entered)
							9: Cumulative value including preceding days with indicator 2 (read)
