School: Doirín an Lomáin (roll number 14235)
- Location:
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán de Barra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0293, Page 047
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- Collector
- Hannah Hayes
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr P. Hayes
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- About the year 1892 there came a great snow in this part of the county. The snow was so great that it came in through the slate in some houses and in through the keyholes in the doors. The outhouses were filled with snow in the morning and the people had a great difficulty in finding their cattle. There were no lives lost in this locality but there were a lot of sheep lost on the hills.
The snow was about three feet high in the ground, and in some place it rose to(continues on next page)