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Pamplet library

A variety of explanatory pamphlets were published by the Rural Electrification Office (REO) in the 1940s, 50s and 60s to educate the Irish public.

The benefits of electricity

These pamphlets address contemporary concerns and priorities relating to the installation, cost and benefits of electricity, they offer a unique insight into life in rural Ireland. A life that was undergoing rapid change.

Rural Electrification pamphlet
How to get your house wired
Bring water to your home the electric way!
How units can help, 1954
For £40: Complete electrical equipment for all normal domestic services
What a unit can do, 1960
All the hot water you need, 1961
9 gallons for a penny!
Treat your kitchen to an electric kettle, 1956
Heating the home with electricity
Modernising the farm kitchen
Packaged power, 1952
Electrical farm appliances catalogue
Radiant heat, 1955
The electric farm food cooker, 1957
The electric pressure storage water system, 1955
Electric floor-warming
Barngold Mill, 1955
Grain elevating by electricity, 1956
Improved plant production with electricity
Electricity to your rural home, late 1940s