In Pictures: Snowfall hits the east of the country

Some events in Dublin for the St Patrick's Festival were cancelled

A nearly deserted Grafton St in Dublin (pic: James Campbell)

Dublin's Ha'penny Bridge (pic: James Campbell)

City centre Dublin under a white blanket of snow

Visiting the lake at Glendlough on a snowy St Patrick's weekend

Snow in Portlaoise

A snowy road in Crooksling, Co Dublin

A car covered in snow in Rathfarnham, Dublin

The Sugarloaf Mountain, Co Wicklow, in the distance

The Round Tower in Glendalough

The road from Laragh to Glendalough in Co Wicklow