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PHOTO GALLERY: Spectacular snow drifts make Kildare roads impassable

Cars abandoned and tough conditions once again for rural dwellers

Reporter:

Conor McHugh

2 Mar 2018

Email:

conor@leinsterleader.ie

Pictured this morning, buried in a large drift on the Hill of Caragh. We understand it was abandoned last night. Photo by Anita Campbell
Gay Campbell from Caragh with Zeuss the Husky. Pictured this morning by Anita Campbell.
Snow drifted in against the door of this old house over night, near Coill Dubh.
Taken this morning at the Rathangan to Newbridge Road at Kilmoney South of a local man standing in the drifts. The road is impassable.
Demonstrating the height of the drifts, a signpost at the Hill of Caragh, pictured this morning by Anita Campbell
The level of snow drift can clearly be seen against this old house near Coill Dubh.
It's the things your don't think of. Farmers are reporting difficulty opening and closing gates with the weight of the snow. This one is near Ballinafagh lake.
Owen Dockery fom Prosperous took this picture this morning of the road from the village to Landenstown. Needless to say, it's impassible.
A view of the Slate river at Blackwood, where low temperatures have frozen the water and allowed snow to drift over it.
Members of the Early, O’Brien and Murphy families in Clongorey, pictured earlier today. Submitted by Emma Murphy.

Snow fall overnight was as predicted by Met Eireann leaving Kildare covered in drifts never seen before in living memory.

Numerous roads are impassable, including many important regional roads and in at least once case, on the Hill of Caragh, a car was abandoned last night.

Have we missed any? Send them on! editor@leinsterleader.ie