Here are some of the best photos of the snow around the country today

Snow day!

Some counties woke up to snow this morning and we're not just talking small flakes that didn't stick. The place was covered. The worse affected counties appear to have been Cork, Limerick, Clare and in the midlands around Portlaoise. The hashtag 'sneachta' has been trending all morning with people sharing images of their local towns covered in snow. This back garden in Portlaoise, sent to us by Noelle, is just waiting for a snowman to be built. Here are some other photos from around the country.

Slushy morning in #Mitchelstown. Boys shovelling wet snow instead of spent grain. #Sneachta #thisiswhatwedoatwork pic.twitter.com/cGNlqUQm8W

— EightDegreesBrewing (@8degreesbrewing) March 22, 2017

#sneachta on the hills driving past Carlow. Hello to all @marketingITC @DorKeane. pic.twitter.com/ufRGM0OTAk

— Hillary Coghlan (@HCoghlan) March 22, 2017

#sneachta Teacher:Why were you late? Me:Oh yeah,Global warming and stuff pic.twitter.com/6Fev2t5UmH

— Caoimhe Dunne (@CaoimheDunne) March 22, 2017

.@CorkAirport today is a winter (cough) I mean spring wonderland!!! #snow #sneachta pic.twitter.com/0dWQ4alHnh

— CorkAirportHotel (@corkairhotel) March 22, 2017

Dóthain #sneachta ar maidin pic.twitter.com/XOcKG9l9L0

— Míchéal Ó Drisleáin (@andrisleanach) March 22, 2017

We'd love to see your Elf Village photos today! #sneachta #kilkenny pic.twitter.com/LDOj6e4rDS

— Discovery Park (@C_DiscoveryPark) March 22, 2017

Snowy scene. #sneachta it is in colour! #monochrome pic.twitter.com/Qm2VfaOsV8

— Johann Doorley (@Caccabus) March 22, 2017

#sneachta #clonmel @rtenews pic.twitter.com/ElZsnAZNyf

— micheál mcnamara (@McnamaraMicheal) March 22, 2017

Snow day over Broughshane in County Antrim. Photo by Dave Farquhar. #irlsnow #Sneachta pic.twitter.com/fWcc9pWxYj

— Barra Best (@barrabest) March 21, 2017