The table below lists the 21 rural areas in Co Waterford in the order they were connected – for example, Ballyduff was the 17th rural area in Ireland out of 792 to receive electricity under the scheme. This table also includes 4 rural areas that cross Waterford’s county boundaries: Clondulane, Araglin and Glendine, Co Cork; and Powerstown, Co Tipperary.
To view the original map used to plan the Waterford rural areas, click here.
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No. | Area | Start | End | Poles | Line | Consumers |
17 | Ballyduff | Dec 1947 | Dec 1948 | 1125 | 102 km | 210 |
62 | Shandon | Jan 1949 | Dec 1949 | 1213 | 102 km | 347 |
166 | Kilmacthomas | Apr 1951 | Sep 1951 | 920 | 78 km | 269 |
187 | Slieverue | Jun 1951 | Oct 1951 | 686 | 88 km | 207 |
241 | Powerstown | Dec 1952 | Jul 1953 | 634 | 59 km | 63 |
300 | Ballinamult | Aug 1953 | Jul 1954 | 1562 | 152 km | 310 |
302 | Kilmeadon | Aug 1953 | Apr 1954 | 917 | 101 km | 213 |
316 | Ardmore | Dec 1953 | Oct 1954 | 1123 | 105 km | 211 |
357 | Clondulane | Aug 1954 | Apr 1955 | 1135 | 105 km | 125 |
457 | Dunhill | Sep 1955 | Feb 1956 | 1142 | 99 km | 194 |
505 | Rathgormack | Dec 1955 | Aug 1956 | 1737 | 159 km | 219 |
541 | Ballymacarbry | Jul 1956 | Sep 1956 | 902 | 81 km | 128 |
586 | Gaultier | Apr 1957 | Jan 1958 | 1595 | 140 km | 444 |
620 | Araglin | Mar 1958 | Aug 1958 | 934 | 85 km | 197 |
629 | Clashmore | Apr 1958 | Oct 1958 | 1003 | 86 km | 184 |
657 | Carroll’s Cross | Dec 1958 | May 1959 | 1093 | 107 km | 146 |
662 | Kilwatermoy | Dec 1958 | May 1959 | 806 | 65 km | 120 |
745 | Kilrossanty | May 1961 | Nov 1961 | 950 | 82 km | 94 |
762 | Melleray | Sep 1961 | Oct 1961 | 554 | 50 km | 134 |
772 | Drumhills | Dec 1961 | Jul 1962 | Unrecorded | Unrecorded | 62 |
777 | Glendine | Nov 1962 | Oct 1963 | 692 | 60.5 km | 150 |
For more information on the roll out of the Rural Electrification Scheme, click here, or browse our top rural electrification stories here.