This floodplain extends along the western riverbank, interrupted only by a small series of riverside residences adjoining both sides of the bridge.

This walkway was submerged by seasonal flooding in early December 2000 and is not expected to subside until at least April 2001, when the damage can be assessed.

[4] Callan Motte was built c. 1217 by Geoffrey FitzRobert, seneschal to William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke.

Future legendary RTE radio personality Larry Gogan crowned the final 1963 Carnival Queen.

These dances were extremely popular and to safely accommodate the increasing number of attendees were subsequently relocated to a very large Marquee on the Fairgreen which was erected for several months each year until the mid 1980s.