School: Srón (roll number 9090)
- Location:
- Shrone Beg, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Carrthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0452, Page 156
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- (continued from previous page)newspaper the people had at that time. They used always come these to read the news each day. There is still one of these stones to be seen in Cahirbernagh.
- Local HappeningsAbout eighty years ago one of the heaviest falls of snow that ever fell in this locality took place sometime about the month of February. During the night while the snow was falling heavily a strong wind blew that piled the snow in heaps to the height of the fence and up against the doors of the houses in such a way that no fence was to be seen anywhere. When the people used to get up in the morning they used to have great trouble in clearing the snow from the doors so that they could get out into the open. A great frost followed this and it lasted for seven weeks. During this snow storm sheep used to be found dead on the hillsides and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Julia Scannell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Shrone More, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Daniel Scannell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Address
- Shrone More, Co. Kerry
