The table below lists the 25 rural areas in Co Kildare in the order they were connected – for example, Kill was the 14th 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.
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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.