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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 Athea. A hand‑drawn boundary outlines the region.

Athea, Co. Limerick

Electrified in 1955

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

Askeaton, Co. Limerick

Electrified in 1957

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

Adare, Co. Limerick

Electrified in 1953

Limerick
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