▁outside ▁Dun boy ne . ▁ ▁Ge ographical ▁qual ities ▁ ▁R ivers ▁The ▁Castle ▁River ▁flows ▁into ▁the ▁Tol ka ▁river ▁and ▁recent ▁flo oding ▁in ▁and ▁around ▁Dun boy ne ▁has ▁been ▁attributed ▁to ▁problems ▁further ▁down ▁the ▁Tol ka . ▁Alle viation ▁works ▁have ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁risk ▁of ▁flo oding ▁being ▁sever ely ▁less ened . ▁The ▁last ▁major ▁flo od ▁was ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁preced ed ▁by ▁flo ods ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 7 . ▁ ▁T orn ado ▁On ▁ 1 1 ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁the ▁town ▁was ▁hit ▁by ▁a ▁small ▁torn ado ▁in ▁which ▁sl ates ▁were ▁torn ▁from ▁roof s ▁and ▁branches ▁from ▁trees ▁during ▁the ▁brief ▁storm , ▁which ▁occurred ▁just ▁after ▁ 6 : 3 0 ▁pm . ▁ ▁In ▁media ▁Dun boy ne ▁was ▁the ▁back drop ▁for ▁the ▁fict ional ▁village ▁of ▁Le est own ▁in ▁the ▁successful ▁television ▁series ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁called ▁The ▁Ri ord ans . ▁More ▁recently ▁certain ▁elements ▁of ▁the ▁local ▁G ael ic ▁Athlet ic ▁Association ▁( G AA ) ▁clubs ▁and ▁country ▁houses ▁were ▁used ▁in ▁a ▁recent ▁R T É ▁G AA ▁related ▁drama ▁series . ▁And ▁also ▁a ▁partial ▁amount ▁of ▁foot age ▁of ▁' E ar ▁to ▁the ▁Gr ound ' ▁this ▁was ▁fil med ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁The ▁foot age ▁was ▁shot ▁in ▁the ▁Local