Ireland’s snow in pictures: Sledding, walking and stuck in a ditch

Snow hit many parts of Ireland on Thursday and Friday. Here’s a selection of photos showing people enjoy the weather, and getting stuck in it

Sylvia Ferguson and her son Sam (left) walking with their dog Jasper in the Dublin mountains following heavy snow fall on Thursday. Photograph: PA

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Teenagers having fun on sleds and bodyboards in the snow at Lissycasey, Co Clare on Thursday. Photograph: Eamon Ward

Heavy snowfall at a cottage in Slievethoul, Co. Dublin. Photograph: Brian Lawless

A bus in a ditch between Ennis and Kilrush in Co Clare on Thursday morning. Photograph: Eamon Ward

A child plays in the snow in a back garden in Belfast on Friday morning. Photograph: Lisa Payne

People enjoy the snow at Stormont estate in Belfast on Friday. Photograph: David Young/PA

A robin redbreast in the Dublin mountains following heavy snow fall. Photograph: Brian Lawless

Holy Trinity Anglican Church after heavy snow fall in Stradbally Co Laois. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

Milana Lauranovic (two and a half years old) from Portlaoise enjoys a walk in the snow in the Slieve Bloom Mountains in Co Laois. Photograph: Laura Hutton/The Irish Times

Horses and riders experience a whiteout as they exercise on the snow-covered Curragh Plains in Co Kildare on Friday. Photograph: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

A lone cyclist on the snow covered Currgagh Plains in Co Kildare on Friday. Photograph: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Snow falling on the Old Windmill in Dublin last night. Photograph: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

Ciara McMahon makes her way through heavy snow on Thursday morning in Emo, Co Laois. Photograph: Laura Hutton/The Irish Times

Three year old Dominic Manta, from Clondalkin, pulls his sleigh in the Dublin mountains following heavy snow fall on Thursday. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA

Cattle in a field in Belclare Tuam on Thursday morning after a heavy fall of snow. Photograph: Andy Newman

Teenagers having fun on sleds and bodyboards in the snow at Lissycasey, Co Clare on Thursday. Photograph: Eamon Ward

An 'Out of Service' bus stuck in a ditch on the main Ennis to Kirush road the N68. Photograph: Press 22

Footage taken across Ireland shows snow blanketing the country. Video: As credited

A general view of the Rock of Dunamaise ruins after heavy snow fall in Stradbally Co Laois on Thursday. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA