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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.

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

Belclare, Co. Galway

Electrified in 1956

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

Barnaderg, Co. Galway

Electrified in 1955

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

Ballymacward, Co. Galway

Electrified in 1953

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

Ballyconneely, Co. Galway

Electrified in 1958

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

Ballinamore, Co. Galway

Electrified in 1954

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

Aughrim, Co. Galway

Electrified in 1951

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