These selection of pictures reveal just how magical it really was.
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.A Snowman family appeared in Dundonald, East Belfast on Sunday Morning after heavy snowfall.Pic Steven McAuley/McAuley Multimedia
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Hills near Stormont covered in snow. Picture By: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press.
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Horses pictured on the Castlereigh Hills in east Belfast. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye
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Horses graze in the snow near Raffrey County Down on Sunday Morning after heavy snowfall.Pic Steven McAuley/McAuley Multimedia