Station: 						Ballynahinch Castle
County:							Galway
Met Éireann Reference Code:				RR/D/19/9
Lat:							53°27'40"N
Lon:							09°51'50"W
Observer:						Records completed by R. Berridge; F. Mc Cormick; F. Chisholm; H.H. Maharajah Jam Sahib.
Start year:						1913
End year:						1940
Missing:						none
Missing data indicator:					-999
Time of Observation:					09:00am
Unit of measurement:					inch
Rain gauge pattern:					n/a			
Diameter:						5 inches
Height of top of gauge above ground:			1 feet, 9 inches 
Height of top of gauge above sea level:			41 feet
Nearest railway station:				Ballynahinch
Distance to nearest railway station:			n/a


Additional Information:					1924: Apr and May corrected for wrong day.
							1927: Multiday accumulation 23rd Dec.
							1935: Corrected for wrong day [see note below].
							1936: Corrected for wrong day.
							1938: Corrected for wrong day Mar-Jul.
							1938: Multiday accumulation 25th Jan.


Notes:							1927: Dec 3 inches low.
							1927: Form 906 27/3/28 suggesting 3.00 inches as accumulation for 16th-22nd Dec.
							Further letter 3/4/28. Observer adheres to his original figures. Encl. 7A 700757/26.
							Observer told we propose to adopt new values. 
							1935: Wrong day from Mar 15th to Aug 12th & 28th Aug to end of year. 
							1938: Entry on 31st Dec estimated from surrounding stations.

							
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)
