School: Rathcormac (roll number 8463)
- Location:
- Rathcormack, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: M. Bean Uí Fhéinneadha
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This storm lasted seven weeks and during that time houses and trees were covered. When they opened their doors at last the snow fell in on them. They had to dig passages from the door to the road in order to get out. The lanes and boreens were as high as the ditches, and anyone going out would surely be lost.