Area: Termonfeckin
Started: December 1947
Finished: March 1949
Poles used: 1492
Line used (km): 130
Premises connected: 509
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.
Termonfeckin will always be associated with The Irish Countrywomens Association ( ICA ) and their college which is noted in The REO News from May 1961.
This digital scan from the REO News displays the following text:
"Prior to the “Turn of the Tap” exhibition in which the organisation played a big part, the Irish Countrywomen’s Association held its Annual General Meeting in the Mansion House, Dublin. The occasion was distinguished by the presence of An Taoiseach, Mr. Sean Lemass, T.D., who addressed those present.
In the course of his address An Taoiseach reviewed rural living standards with a special reference to the small farm. In dealing with the improvements in living standards which have been achieved to date he mentioned the part played by the Rural Electrification Scheme.
“Electricity, piped water, better accommodation roads and comfortable dwellings are essential features in any rural improvement programme. The main rural electrification development, as originally planned, is now all but completed. At the end of March, 728 rural areas were developed out of a total of 792 and about 270,000 rural consumers were connected, representing about 75% of the dwellings in the areas developed. There are, however, a number of sparsely populated areas where the E.S.B. considers that it would be uneconomic for them to provide supply. In the developed areas also, there are some householders who have not got supply, some because they have not yet learned to want it and some because of the extra cost of obtaining it, arising out of isolated locations. The E.S.B. are now going back over areas which have already been developed, extending the network, and with the approaching completion of the main programme the special problem of the uneconomic areas and pockets must soon be considered.”
The Electricity Supply Board endeavours to bring home to rural dwellers the manifold advantages of electricity in the home and on the farm. They sponsor scholarship courses for girls at your Association’s College at Termonfeckin, Co. Louth, and also have two mobile farm kitchens on the road which are proving very popular. Visits to the kitchens are arranged for students attending the local primary, secondary and vocational schools, and evening lectures and demonstrations on a wide variety of subjects are organised by the local guilds of your Association, Muintir na Tíre and Macra na Feirme."