School: Carnalassan (roll number 6106)
- Location:
- Carrownalassan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Ss. Mac Eoghain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0257, Page 172
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- (continued from previous page)in the snow. The roads were covered with snow. six feet high. The men had to give their cattle hay because the grass was covered with snow.
Then the snow got frozen over, and the country people could not get to town for their provisions for one week or more, no cars or carts were able to travel on the roads.
After a while men were employed to shovel away the snow.
- Informant
- John Mannion
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Kinitty, Co. Roscommon
