Station: 						Castletownshend [Glen Barrahane] 
County:							Cork
Met Éireann Reference Code:				RR/D/1/16
Lat:							51°32'00"N
Lon:							09°10'00"W 
Observer:						Records completed by E.B. Coghill
Start year:						1892
End year:						1940
Missing:						1914; Jan-Apr 1915; 18th Nov-31st Dec 1916; 1917; 18th Nov-Dec 1918;
Missing data indicator:					-999
Time of Observation:					08:00am [1892]; 09:00am [1896] 08:00am [1902]; 08:30am [1904]; 08:00am [1905]; 09:00am [1906]; 08:00am [1907]; 09:00am [1908-1913]; 08:00am [ 1916]; 09:00am [1918] 
Unit of measurement:					inch
Rain gauge pattern:					n/a				
Diameter:						5 inches
Height of top of gauge above ground:			3 feet [1892-1916]; 5 feet, 3 inches [1918]; 13 inches [1919]; 1 foot, 3 inches [1921]; 13 inches [1927-1940]
Height of top of gauge above sea level:			25 feet; 100 feet [1918] 
Nearest railway station:				Skibbereen
Distance to nearest railway station:			4.75-5 miles North

Additional Information:					1909: Corrected for wrong day.


Notes:							1915: No observations taken Jan-Apr
							1915: All readings appear to be too high
							1916: No observations taken 18th Nov-31st Dec
							1927: Corrected by Seafield. 
							1930: From Dec 11th onwards values taken from Seafield as none taken at Glen Barrahane.
							      Entered as multiday accumulation.
							      These found unsuitable values estimated from nearby stations (2.94 inches) making Dec total 4.50 inches.


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)						
