Author : Martin Bartley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781979723091
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (23 download)
Book Synopsis The Big Snow 1947 by : Martin Bartley
Download or read book The Big Snow 1947 written by Martin Bartley and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the war ended in 1945 everyone was in a happy spirit but that summer witnessed severe rainfall. Rationing continued after the war then in December 1946 a tremendously harsh winter began with two periods of cold weather which would only get worse by February 1947. The main cause of the cold weather was an anti-cyclone, this high-pressure area blocked the progression of depressions across the Atlantic Ocean and forced them to Ireland and England. February of 1947 became one of the coldest months on record when the easterly winds continued. The snow fell for 24 hours nonstop, the blizzard was driven by the fierce east wind and it paralysed road and rail services and brought all traffic to a standstill while huge snowdrifts some up to fifteen feet high were common in many areas. In the latter half of this book numerous sad cases are detailed involving the neglect and abandonment of children during this harsh winter but also delve deeper in the later stages of the 1920`s right up to the 1950`s which involved such neglect in a very difficult time in county Mayo and Ireland. Numerous mothers and fathers suffered most importantly the children whose neglect and suffering left them hungry and found themselves in want of a better life but instead got the industrial school. this book highlights a very difficult period in Ireland`s history and sadly a very much forgotten about part Finally these people have a chance to be heard and speak out for themselves for the first time in this book which also gives a brief history of the Castlebar Bacon factory, a major employer in its time especially during such hard economic times during the 1940`s when food was in short supply.