School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)
- Location:
- Béal Átha Feorainne, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 04_021
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- About five years ago there was terrible snow-storm. It was snowing for four days and it was drifted into heaps that were about twelve feet high. The fields were, as if there were no ditches or bushes or walls, they were all covered. On some part of the roads there was no snow, it was drifted away into large heaps. Traffic was stopped and the roads were dotted with cars stuck in the snow. Great numbers of cattle and sheep were smothered in the drifts.
It was not thawed for(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary M. Gately
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Chealtrach Dhubh, Co. na Gaillimhe
