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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 Duleek. A hand‑drawn boundary outlines the region, including Slane, Tullyallen, Julianstown, Arocath and Rathfeigh.

Duleek, Co. Meath

Electrified in 1950

Meath
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A scanned, worn historical map from the 1940s of the rural electrification area around Moyvore. A hand‑drawn boundary outlines the region, including Abbeyshrule , Multyfarnham, Moyvore, Streamstown, Dysart and Ballymacargy.

Moyvore, Co. Meath

Electrified in 1958

Meath
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