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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 Aghnacliffe. A hand‑drawn boundary outlines the region.

Aghnacliffe, Co. Longford

Electrified in 1956

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

Abbeyshrule, Co. Longford

Electrified in 1948

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

Abbeylara, Co. Longford

Electrified in 1955

Longford
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