School: Sliabh na Cille (roll number 14513)
- Location:
- Slievenakilla, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Peadar Mac Fhlannchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 262
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- (continued from previous page)On the 12th of May about fifty years ago there came a heavy snowfall. Sheep and cattle and horses were on the mountains. It was continually snowing for a day and all that were on the mountain were lost.
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- There was a great snowfall about 60 years ago. It was about 6 feet deep. It lasted about seven weeks. The "allt" between Slievenakilla and Carntulla was full of snow. It was about forty feet deep there. Every "allt " and hollow was full. The people suffered terribly. They were almost perished to death. They could not get turf or food. They had to clear the snow with(continues on next page)
