A fireman attempts to pump away water at Páirc Ui Nualláin in Greencastle.

Local firemen and Coast Guard officers pump away the flood water at St Paul's Park in Greencastle on Sunday.

The flood water containing raw sewage rose up to the window sills at this property in Páirc Ui Nualláin in Greencastle.

Coast Guard and fire personnel work for hours to save residents' homes from flooding.

A view from St Peter's Park of the flooding main road from Greencastle to Moville.

The back yard of one of the homes in St Peter's Park becomes a swimming pool.

Residents' committee chairman Paddy Doherty, left, chats to Martin McDermott who watched the water rise to his window sill at Páirc Ui Nualláin.

Paddy Doherty, chairman of the local residents' committee, left, inspects the damage to Aiden Farren's house in St Peter's Park, Greencastle.