Colder this week, some wintry/snow showers, widespread frost and ice.

We have water from the well so it's deep enough but it's blocked somewhere between the well and the house so not water in attic or in taps. Ah shure, we'll survive....

Only moved in a few weeks ago, will be more prepared for next cold snap!!

Watching them beefy looking showers dissolve passing over the bluestacks before reaching us here in South donegal. Saying that it's the most we have had from this spell, slight dusting here 300 metres from the beach.

Not looking forward to rain.

Saw one early this morning. Roughly SW to NE trajectory.

It was -7 according to my gauge outside here in North Kildare at 5am.

Calm and crisp here. Back under the duvet I go.

The minus 2c here feels as cold as the colder temps of recent mornings.

Your poetic posts are always welcome here however I have to say I'm happy that you live where you do. You say that the cold this morning is intense on your offshore island in the West. I'm not aware of any weather stations there that report conditions to the internet but looking at the nearby on-shore weather stations closest to you brings me some relief that you're in one of the "warmest" parts of the country. As of 07:00, Mace Head, not a million miles from you, is a balmy +1° with barely a breath of wind. Other coastal stations in Western and northern areas include Newport in Mayo which is also at 1° and Malin Head, the most northerly point in Ireland, the warmest right now at a positively "hot" 5°.

You could be in a much worse place at the moment with regards to "intense biting cold". Inland Galway, for example, is far far colder than you. A cold that you would rarely experience in an offshore island of Ireland, or Scotland, dare I say it. Athenry is currently at -7°. Some other stations in the interior of Ireland are approaching double digit negative temperatures, a cold that really is biting and intense if you're not wearing several layers of clothing.

Had it been a night that included a strong wind, I would feel your cold but thankfully there is little breeze. Even your former residence of Orkney rarely gets very cold but the windchill more than makes up for the lack of low actual temperatures there. As the author Hugh Marwick once said; "To adopt a Stevensonian phrase, the climate of Orkney is one of the vilest under heaven."

I'm currently living part time in a big old house close to the centre of the country. Bar open fires in a couple of rooms, a stove in one room and a superser whilst I wait for the stove to build heat (the superser gives out a wet heat and is never a basic heat source however it does melt the ice on the inside of the windows), there is currently no other source of heat. The sash windows need fixing and they only help to lend a hand to the cold air from the exterior to make its way inside. Water is collected from a water downpipe into a 1,000 litre container however that is currently a massive ice cube. Thankfully I don't stay there full time but be thankful that you live in one of the warmest parts off the country. And as I have learned in recent years (and that you know all too well), the key to keeping warm is layers, layers layers!

Wishing you a pleasant day.

-6 north east kikdare. Terrible cold lads. Great to look at all the same.

-5c in Co. Roscommon by Lough Ree. Having trouble getting out of the bed for the school run and work. Will be late.

Amazing temps. We won't forget this cold snap in a while.

Forescast saying its not to get sbove -1 today. Might not be a thaw.

Id prefer an easing into the higher temps rather than a sharp rise. Imagine going from -6 to +13 in 18-24 hours.