School: Srón (roll number 9090)
- Location:
- Shrone Beg, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Carrthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0452, Page 152
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- (continued from previous page)the hills and mountains until June. The people were making tracks on the roads on the eleventh of March for the cattle, and the horse-drawn vehicles. There was a family living in Shrone at that time. They were the Moynihan family. They were living in a thatched little cottage. This thatched little cottage was built down in a hallow. This morning when they awoke the room and house was very dark They were wondering why the day wasn't dawning. In the end they got up as there was no sleep on any of them and they were getting very hungry. They went to where they thought the window was The window was all blocked up with snow, not a bit to be seen. The whole house was covered all the snow was drifted into the hallow thus surrounding and covering the entire house after a great amount of trouble they broke open the door and made a path out through the snow to leave in some splink of light. It was just six o'clock in the evening. They were in bed all(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Cronin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Awnaskirtaun, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Cornelius Cronin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Awnaskirtaun, Co. Kerry
