School: Dromach, An Bhán-tír (roll number 15380)
- Location:
- Dromach, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Conchobhair
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- A Snow Storm
My father who is Mr James O Callaghan of Dromagh told me the following story. It was about a snow storm that took place about ten years ago.
The sky was dark and foggy before it started. The snow began about twelve o clock in the day and it lasted for over six days.
There was six ft of snow on the ground. A man named Borbet died in the townland of Gurrane.
A number of men had to make a path through the snow for the funeral to pass. The snow lay on drifts on parts of the road.
It was journey of three miles and it took them a whole day. It was severe work. It did not leave the ground for months after.
- Informant
- Mr James O' Callaghan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dromach, Co. Chorcaí
