Skip to Content

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.

A scanned, worn historical map from the 1940s of the  rural electrification area around Burt. A  hand‑drawn boundary outlines the region.

Burt, Co. Donegal

Electrified in 1952

Learn more
A scanned, worn historical map from the 1940s of the  rural electrification area around Barnesmore. A  hand‑drawn boundary outlines the region.

Barnesmore, Co. Donegal

Electrified in 1957

Learn more
A scanned, worn historical map from the 1940s of the  rural electrification area around Arranmore. A  hand‑drawn boundary outlines the region.

Arranmore Island, Co. Donegal

Electrified in 1956

Learn more
A  scanned, worn historical map from the 1940s of the  rural electrification area around Ardara. A  hand‑drawn boundary outlines the region.

Ardara, Co. Donegal

Electrified in 1953

Learn more