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Rural electrification archive

This collection contains articles about each of the 762 rural areas that Ireland was divided up into for the Rural electrification scheme in the 1940s.

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Map showing rural electrification area boundaries in County Donegal.

Connecting Donegal to the national grid

Explore the history of electricity in County Donegal

Donegal

Map extract showing rural electrification areas in County Donegal, including Carndonagh.

Carndonagh, Co. Donegal

Electrified in 1956

Donegal

A scanned, worn historical map from the 1940s of the rural electrification area around Moville. A hand‑drawn boundary outlines the region, including Carndonagh, Shandon, Evinge, and the Inishowen peninsula.

Moville, Co. Donegal

Electrified in 1958

Donegal

A scanned, worn historical map from the 1940s of the rural electrification area around Kilcar. A hand‑drawn boundary outlines the region, including Glencolumcille, and Glencesh.

Kilcar, Co. Donegal

Electrified in 1952

Donegal

A scanned, worn historical map from the 1940s of the rural electrification area around Gweedore. A hand‑drawn boundary outlines the region, including Bloody Foreland, Carrowroe, Falcaragh, Dunfanaghy, Cresslough, Sweetore, and Rosses.

Gweedore, Co. Donegal

Electrified in 1955

Donegal

A scanned, worn historical map from the 1940s of the rural electrification area around Creeslough.

Creeslough, Co. Donegal

Electrified in 1957

Donegal