Area: Caherconlish
Started: January 1949
Finished: October 1949
Poles used: 1350
Line used (km): 119
Premises connected: 478
The figures above were sourced from our REO News magazine, to learn more about what these figures mean, visit our interactive map page. The map above shows the area boundary and is from a digitised version of the original map used during the scheme.
Sport and business can mix according to The REO News from October 1949.
This digital scan from the REO News displays the following text:
"We congratulate R.A.E. J. Dillon on his tennis prowess. We hear that he “cleaned up” at the American Tournaments around Limerick, including being on the winning team in the North Munster Inter‑Club Championship.
Just to show that prowess at sport is no bar to success in his job, our friend Jimmy has, we learn, got over 100% connections in Caherconlish Rural Area and the job finished under estimated cost."