1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Stuacán

School: Stuacán (roll number 14051)

Location:
Muingwore, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Mhiadhaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 218

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 218

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Stuacán
  2. XML Page 218
  3. XML “Snow Storm 1917”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Snow Storm 1917

    Share Share Post
    In the year 1917 on 29th of January a severe snow-storm raged over this district.
    The wind blew a strong gale from the North and the snow drifted in large heaps as high as the roofs of the houses.
    Roads were impassable for about three weeks.
    Snow lay along ditches, in low lying districts, and on the sides of roads until St. Patrick's Day.
    Many sheeps and lambs were
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. frost and snow (~299)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridget Best
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Tullylin or Ballyfeenaun, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs M. Best
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullylin or Ballyfeenaun, Co. Sligo