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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 Glendalough. A hand‑drawn boundary outlines the region, including Kilbride, Glenealy and Ballyhenry.

Glendalough, Co. Wicklow

Electrified in 1955

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