The table below lists the 38 rural areas in Co Roscommon in the order they were connected – for example, Mantua was the 23rd rural area in Ireland out of 792 to receive electricity under the scheme. This table also includes 6 rural areas that cross Roscommon’s county boundaries: Brackloon and Carracastle, Co Mayo; Kesh and Drumacook, Co Sligo; Drumkeeran, Co Leitrim; and Ahascragh, Co Galway.
To view the original map used to plan the Roscommon rural areas, click here.
Click on the links below to read more about each rural area
No. | Area | Start | End | Poles | Line | Consumers |
23 | Mantua | Jan 1948 | Dec 1948 | 1086 | 95 km | 293 |
63 | Moore | Apr 1949 | Jun 1949 | 387 | 34 km | 131 |
68 | Kiltoom | Jul 1949 | Nov 1949 | 269 | 19 km | 233 |
148 | Fuerty | Dec 1950 | Dec 1951 | 1255 | 114 km | 230 |
158 | Ballinlough | Dec 1950 | Jun 1952 | 974 | 85 km | 430 |
216 | Clonark | Jun 1952 | Nov 1952 | 688 | 63 km | 244 |
226 | Mount Dillon AKA Mountdillon |
Aug 1952 | Jan 1953 | 688 | 70 km | 262 |
236 | Ballyfarnon | Oct 1952 | Aug 1953 | 418 | 34 km | 114 |
257 | Ballymoe | May 1953 | Jun 1954 | 1251 | 115 km | 157 |
258 | Glinsk | May 1953 | Feb 1954 | 1055 | 101 km | 336 |
277 | Knockcroghery | Aug 1953 | Apr 1954 | 1271 | 127 km | 404 |
319 | Ballyforan | Dec 1953 | Jul 1954 | 1106 | 101 km | 37 |
355 | Rahara | Jun 1954 | Oct 1954 | 764 | 73 km | Unrecorded |
372 | Creeve | Aug 1954 | May 1955 | 1638 | 146 km | 523 |
385 | Taghmaconnell | Sep 1954 | Apr 1955 | 950 | 81 km | 186 |
386 | Scramogue | Sep 1954 | Apr 1955 | 709 | 64 km | 266 |
397 | Cartron | Dec 1954 | Nov 1955 | 1349 | 122 km | 324 |
433 | Kilglass | Apr 1955 | Nov 1955 | 896 | 88 km | 70 |
435 | Drumlion | Apr 1955 | Mar 1956 | 1739 | 157 km | 475 |
438 | Brackloon | Sep 1955 | Feb 1956 | 475 | 48 km | 175 |
467 | Rathallen | Sep 1955 | Jun 1956 | 1287 | 119 km | 72 |
470 | Carracastle | Sep 1955 | Apr 1956 | 1422 | 132 km | 484 |
554 | Dangan | Jul 1956 | Aug 1957 | 1901 | 171 km | 454 |
555 | Tarmon | Jul 1956 | Sep 1957 | 1431 | 132 km | 240 |
596 | Drumkeeran AKA Drumkeerin |
Aug 1957 | Jan 1958 | 957 | 79 km | 290 |
616 | Kesh AKA Keash |
May 1958 | Feb 1959 | 1790 | 155 km | 483 |
636 | Mount Delvin | Jul 1958 | Sep 1958 | 444 | 30 km | Unrecorded |
666 | Cootehall | Jan 1959 | Jul 1959 | 1350 | 118 km | 195 |
668 | Ballydooly | Apr 1959 | Oct 1959 | 1250 | 105 km | 110 |
688 | Tully | Oct 1959 | Apr 1960 | 1104 | 95 km | 200 |
707 | Carraghs | Apr 1960 | Aug 1960 | 888 | 76 km | 32 |
722 | Edmondstown | Feb 1961 | Jul 1961 | 803 | 70 km | 253 |
761 | Ahascragh | Jul 1961 | Dec 1961 | 1090 | 99.8 km | 342 |
763 | Drumacool | Apr 1962 | Jul 1962 | 1240 | 113 km | 383 |
764 | Lisacul | Jan 1962 | Aug 1962 | 1112 | 86 km | 443 |
774 | Tibohine | Aug 1962 | Feb 1963 | 1035 | 93 km | 576 |
783 | Kilkeevin | Oct 1962 | Feb 1963 | 680 | 62 km | 281 |
786 | Breedoge | Jan 1963 | Sep 1963 | 712 | 67 km | 388 |
For more information on the roll out of the Rural Electrification Scheme, click here, or browse our top rural electrification stories here.