Rural electrification of Murrisk, Co Mayo in 1948

Area: Murrisk
Started: December 1947
Finished: September 1948
Poles used: 671
Line used (km): 51
Premises connected: 160

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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.

Politicians were always keen to extol the benefits of the scheme as reported in The REO News from July 1948Murrisk-R.E.O-News-July-1948-P