Area: Kerrykeel/Carrowkeel
Started: December 1954
Finished: September 1955
Poles used: 935
Line used (km): 85
Premises connected: 284
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.
Material for Kerrykeel/Carrowkeel was landed at Ramelton Harbour reports The REO News from November 1955
This digital scan from the REO News displays the following text:
"Kerrykeel Rural Area, Co. Donegal: Although, as Mr. Quinn points out in his report, Kerrykeel is a none too prosperous area, being mainly comprised of farms of under 10 acres, still the area ratio improved from 5.45 to 5.88. For this excellent result, on which we must congratulate all the crew, Mr. Quinn gives the major portion of the credit to the canvass carried out by the Area Organiser, Mr. O’Doherty. His good work got in 100 new consumers and cut the losses to 10 of which 5 were vacant and one householder was having a new house built.
The material for the area was landed at Rathmelton Harbour at a time when there was a heavy snowfall which made the unloading operations somewhat tricky.
Going was tough all the way with a high percentage of rock and the hilly nature of the terrain made pole handling fairly difficult.
Sales at £455 were not unsatisfactory in the light of the fact of the general income in the area, and it was noticeable that the principal items among the sales were not confined to the household equipment. A 15 kW grain drier is being used to dry wool just stripped from the hide, and from the short experience so far available appears to be working satisfactorily. Prospects of future sales would not appear to be very bright."