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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 across County Kildare.

Connecting Kildare to the national grid

Explore the history of electricity in County Kildare

Kildare

A scanned, worn historical map from the 1940s of the rural electrification area around Moyvalley. A hand‑drawn boundary outlines the region, including Hill of Down, Enfield, Donadey and Carbury.

Moyvalley, Co. Kildare

Electrified in 1955

Kildare

A scanned, worn historical map from the 1940s of the rural electrification area around Moorfield. A hand‑drawn boundary outlines the region, including Allen, Prosperous, Kilmoney, Kildancan, Kill-straffan, Suncroft and Gormanstown.

Moorfield, Co. Kildare

Electrified in 1955

Kildare

A scanned, worn historical map from the 1940s of the rural electrification area around Suncroft. A hand‑drawn boundary outlines the region, including Kilmoney, Kildancan, Moorfield, Rathmore and Gormanstown.

Suncroft, Co. Kildare

Electrified in 1952

Kildare

A scanned, worn historical map from the 1940s of the rural electrification area around Rathmore. A hand‑drawn boundary outlines the region, including Prosperous, Moorfield, Kill-Straffan, Brittas and Valleymount.

Rathmore, Co. Kildare

Electrified in 1951

Kildare

A scanned, worn historical map from the 1940s of the rural electrification area around Prosperous. A hand‑drawn boundary outlines the region, including Realstown, Allen, Moorfield, Newcastle, Kill-straffan and Rathmore.

Prosperous, Co. Kildare

Electrified in 1953

Kildare