The table below lists the 27 rural areas in Co Offaly in the order they were connected – for example, Lusmagh was the 21st rural area in Ireland out of 792 to receive electricity under the scheme. This table also includes 7 rural areas that cross Offaly’s county boundaries: Carrig, Co Tipperary; Horseleap, Moydrum and Ballinhown, Co Westmeath; Lullymore, Co Kildare; Garrymore, Co Laois; and Lisdowney, Co Kilkenny.
To view the original map used to plan the Offaly (AKA King’s County) rural areas, click here.
Click on the links below to read more about each rural area
| No. | Area | Start | End | Poles | Line | Consumers |
| 21 | Lusmagh | Dec 1947 | Sep 1948 | 686 | 59 km | 137 |
| 58 | Shinrone | Jan 1949 | Jul 1949 | 931 | 77 km | 203 |
| 217 | Rahan | Jun 1952 | Feb 1953 | 900 | 80 km | 280 |
| 246 | Rhode | Jan 1953 | Jul 1953 | 1190 | 102 km | 242 |
| 354 | Carrig | Jun 1954 | Feb 1955 | 698 | 66 km | 110 |
| 399 | Kinnitty AKA Kinnity |
Dec 1954 | Jul 1955 | 685 | 62 km | 110 |
| 400 | Clareen | Dec 1954 | Apr 1955 | 754 | 73 km | 15 |
| 486 | Geashill | Dec 1955 | Sep 1956 | 1274 | 110 km | 175 |
| 525 | Horseleap | Jul 1956 | Mar 1957 | 821 | 79 km | 220 |
| 526 | Tober | Jul 1956 | Oct 1956 | 785 | 76 km | 1 |
| 572 | Moydrum | Mar 1957 | Oct 1957 | 1455 | 131 km | 76 |
| 573 | Croghan | Sep 1956 | Feb 1957 | 1049 | 86 km | 264 |
| 591 | Bishopswood | Jul 1957 | Nov 1957 | 360 | 32 km | 90 |
| 613 | Lullymore | Dec 1957 | Nov 1958 | 701 | 63 km | 225 |
| 643 | Cloneygowan | Aug 1958 | Feb 1959 | 825 | 77 km | 180 |
| 644 | Durrow | Oct 1958 | Apr 1959 | 1450 | 114 km | 130 |
| 667 | Ballycumber | Feb 1959 | Aug 1959 | 1320 | 110 km | 100 |
| 676 | Garrymore | Aug 1959 | Aug 1960 | 1164 | 105 km | 290 |
| 689 | Ballinahown | Aug 1959 | Jan 1960 | 1170 | 109 km | 291 |
| 702 | Belmont | Oct 1959 | Oct 1960 | 970 | 80 km | 280 |
| 712 | Moneygall | Aug 1960 | May 1961 | 1233 | 98 km | 130 |
| 716 | Pollagh | May 1960 | Dec 1960 | 1250 | 107 km | 130 |
| 731 | Cangort | Apr 1961 | Jul 1961 | 392 | 98 km | 12 |
| 733 | Mountbolus | Dec 1960 | May 1961 | 1570 | 133 km | 80 |
| 743 | Fivealley | May 1961 | Sep 1961 | 720 | 62 km | 50 |
| 749 | Kilcoleman | May 1961 | Nov 1961 | 630 | 47 km | 140 |
| 751 | Lisdowney | May 1961 | Feb 1962 | 880 | 81 km | 284 |
For more information on the roll out of the Rural Electrification Scheme, click here, or browse our top rural electrification stories here.
Delighted to see the Offaly records on line, and especially Croghan with 264 consumers. Wonderful records for our historians to examine in the context of the development of rural Ireland. These are the areas not often spoken about and which are needed to be understood better in order to write the national historical picture on Irelands development.