Area: Holycross
Started: June 1954
Finished: October 1954
Poles used: 868
Line used (km): 81
Premises connected: 170
The figures above were sourced from our REO News magazine, to learn more about what these figures mean, visit our interactive map. The map above shows the area boundary and is from a digitised version of the original map used during the scheme.
The REO News from February 1955 tells us how Holycross got it’s name
This digital scan from the REO News displays the following text:
"Holycross Rural Area, Co. Tipperary:
We have to thank Mr. H. M. Boylan for the report on Holycross and to congratulate him and his crew on improving the ratio (at 22% overheads) from 5.46% to 5.98%.
Holycross takes its name from the famous Abbey where once a relic of the True Cross was kept, and which was, in olden days, a noted place of pilgrimage. Tourists still visit it and can frequently be seen inspecting the old building and inscriptions.
Construction of the high tension network proceeded much on the lines of the original design, and the new backbone line now links up the 38kV Station at Thurles with those at Tipperary and Cappamore.
Mr. Boylan devotes a paragraph to the cost of distributing poles and to discussing the figures supplied to him from Head Office. This is not the appropriate place to deal with his comments which are being passed to the Watchdogs of Cost and Progress.
24 of the original economic acceptances were lost – 12 of them through backsliding, but 70 new acceptances were gained by the efforts of Mr. T. Poole, Area Organiser, and as capital expenditure is £911 below the estimated amount, we get the result on which we have congratulated the crew in our opening paragraph.
In addition to the extra consumers, Mr. Poole reached the respectable sales total of £1,241, the most notable feature of which is that it includes 21 Washing Machines and 5 Pumps.
Mr. Boylan pays tribute to the key men of his crew for the excellent results obtained."