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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 Bishopswood. A hand‑drawn boundary outlines the region

Bishopswood, Co. Offaly

Electrified in 1957

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

Belmont, Co. Offaly

Electrified in 1960

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

Ballycumber, Co. Offaly

Electrified in 1959

Offaly
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