Area: Kilsallaghan
Started: November 1946
Finished: January 1948
Poles used: 2132
Line used (km): 113
Premises connected: 357

The figures above were sourced from our REO News magazine. Click here to find out more on what the figures mean. The map above shows the area boundary and is from a digitised version of the original map used during the scheme.

From The REO News December 1956

White’s Spirit Grocery, 15 January 1947.

First pole at Kilsallaghan, 5 November 1946.

Kilsallaghan Rural Area has the privilege of being the area where the Rural Electrification Scheme started and where the first pole was erected as reported in The REO News from November 1948
And from The REO News December 1956