The table below lists the 25 rural areas in Co Kildare in the order they were connected – for example, Kill was the 14^th rural area in Ireland out of 792 to receive electricity under the scheme. This table also includes 8 rural areas that cross Kildare’s county boundaries: Kilclone, Co Meath; Bishopswood, Co Laois; Garrettstown, Co Carlow; Valleymount and Gormanstown, Co Wicklow; and Ballylynan, Arless and Vicarstown, Co Laois.

To view the original map used to plan the Kildare rural areas, click here.

Click on the links below to read more about each rural area

No.	Area	Start	End	Poles	Line	Consumers
14	Kill	Dec 1947	Sep 1948	1235	89 km	200
59	Ballitore	Jan 1949	Jul 1949	923	51 km	191
154	Rathmore	Dec 1950	Oct 1951	1050	91 km	200
163	Kilmoney	Dec 1950	Nov 1951	759	63 km	275
181	Suncroft	Jun 1951	Apr 1952	1146	105 km	385
182	Allen	Jun 1951	Mar 1952	671	53 km	260
194	Prosperous	Feb 1952	Jan 1953	1132	93 km	250
212	Valleymount	May 1952	Apr 1953	1045	90 km	218
229	Kilclone	Oct 1952	Jul 1953	1143	92 km	176
234	Clonsast	Oct 1952	Jun 1953	707	64 km	178
235	Kildangan	Oct 1952	Aug 1953	1324	114 km	300
266	Donadea	May 1953	Apr 1954	964	85 km	85
298	Kilmead	Aug 1953	Oct 1954	1278	109 km	276
326	Kealstown	Jun1954	Aug 1954	759	67 km	150
327	Ballylynan AKA Ballylinan	Jun 1954	Jun 1955	1305	114 km	380
353	Carbury	Jun 1954	Apr 1955	1070	104 km	330
381	Moorfield	Sep 1954	Feb 1955	480	45 km	100
383	Moyvalley	Sep 1954	Jul 1955	696	67 km	210
384	Arless	Sep 1954	Nov 1955	1154	107 km	240
529	Gormanstown	Jul 1956	Feb 1957	1427	122 km	270
591	Bishopswood	Jul 1957	Nov 1957	360	32 km	90
613	Lullymore	Dec 1957	Nov 1958	701	63 km	225
673	Garrettstown	Nov 1959	Mar 1961	1435	129 km	320
675	Vicarstown	Aug 1959	Aug 1960	1181	106 km	210
713	Coolane	Oct 1960	Sep 1961	1261	112 km	220

 
For more information on the roll out of the Rural Electrification Scheme, click here, or browse our top rural electrification stories here.