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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 parts of Counties Tipperary, Offaly and Waterford.

Connecting Tipperary to the national grid

Explore the history of electricity in County Tipperary

Tipperary

Map extract showing rural electrification areas in County Tipperary, including Upperchurch.

Upperchurch, Co. Tipperary

Electrified in 1958

Tipperary

Map extract showing rural electrification areas in County Tipperary, including Cashel, Golden, New Inn, Bansha, Ballinure and Cloneen.

Cashel, Co. Tipperary

Electrified in 1957

Tipperary

Map extract showing rural electrification areas in County Tipperary, including New Inn and Caher, with area boundaries marked on the landscape.

Cahir, Co. Tipperary

Electrified in 1949

Tipperary

Map extract showing rural electrification areas in County Tipperary, including Tipperary, Golden, Bansha and New Inn.

Bansha, Co. Tipperary

Electrified in 1948

Tipperary

A scanned, worn historical map from the 1940s of the rural electrification area around Templetuohy. A hand‑drawn boundary outlines the region, including Ballycahill, Moyne, Galmoy, and Mountfrisco.

Templetuohy, Co. Tipperary

Electrified in 1950

Tipperary