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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 Ballinure. A hand‑drawn boundary outlines the region, including Powerstown and Cloneen.

Ballinure, Co. Tipperary

Electrified in 1956

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

Ballingarry, Co. Tipperary

Electrified in 1949

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

Ballincor, Co. Tipperary

Electrified in 1958

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

Drung, Co. Donegal

Electrified in 1958

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

Ardfinnan, Co. Tipperary

Electrified in 1953

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

Drumhills, Co. Waterford

Electrified in 1962

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