The table below lists the 29 rural areas in Co Kilkenny in the order they were connected – for example, Pollroan (AKA Mooncoin) was the 7th rural area in Ireland out of 792 to receive electricity under the scheme. This table also includes 3 rural areas that cross Kilkenny’s county boundaries: Cullahill and Lisdowney, Co Laois; and Grangemockler, Co Tipperary.
To view the original map used to plan the Kilkenny rural areas, click here.
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No. | Area | Start | End | Poles | Line | Consumers |
7 | Pollroan AKA Pollrone; Mooncoin |
Dec 1947 | Apr 1948 | 1145 | 91 km | 72 |
66 | Moneenroe | Jul 1949 | Dec 1949 | 689 | 58 km | 252 |
85 | Goresbridge | Oct 1949 | Jun 1950 | 1248 | 107 km | 102 |
96 | Gowran | Dec 1949 | Sep 1950 | 929 | 82 km | 44 |
98 | Stoneyford | Dec 1949 | Oct 1950 | 780 | 68 km | 145 |
121 | Owning | Apr 1950 | Mar 1951 | 822 | 69 km | 174 |
196 | St. John’s | Feb 1952 | Jan 1953 | 682 | 65 km | 206 |
219 | Three Castles | Jun 1952 | Feb 1953 | 918 | 91 km | 150 |
253 | Bennettsbridge | Jan 1953 | Nov 1953 | 940 | 86 km | 80 |
264 | Kilmoganny | May 1953 | Jan 1954 | 1258 | 115 km | 325 |
299 | Tullaroan | Aug 1953 | Apr 1954 | 785 | 75 km | 162 |
328 | Cuffe’s Grange | Jun 1954 | Jul 1954 | 764 | 73 km | 50 |
382 | Ballycallan | Sep 1954 | Aug 1955 | 1150 | 111 km | 100 |
390 | Grangemockler | Sep 1954 | Apr 1955 | 967 | 92 km | 157 |
392 | Graiguenamanagh | Sep 1954 | Apr 1955 | 828 | 79 km | 125 |
406 | Callan | Dec 1954 | Nov 1955 | 662 | 63 km | Unrecorded |
409 | Corbetstown | Dec 1954 | Nov 1955 | 966 | 86 km | 110 |
462 | Cullahill AKA Cullohill |
Sep 1955 | Jun 1956 | 1225 | 101 km | 280 |
504 | Glenmore | Dec 1955 | Mar 1956 | 566 | 41 km | 21 |
604 | The Rower | Dec 1957 | Apr 1958 | 699 | 64 km | 170 |
609 | Galmoy | Dec 1957 | Oct 1958 | 1513 | 137 km | 240 |
619 | Coone AKA Coon; Coan |
Jun 1958 | May 1959 | 1257 | 121 km | 270 |
641 | Woodsgift | Aug 1958 | Jul 1959 | 1118 | 107 km | 320 |
669 | Crutt | Apr 1959 | Nov 1959 | 513 | 46 km | 93 |
714 | Tullogher | Apr 1960 | Oct 1960 | 1269 | 116 km | 109 |
732 | Castlegannon | Dec 1960 | Feb 1961 | 756 | 69 km | 106 |
738 | Boolyglass | Feb 1961 | May 1961 | 641 | 57 km | 30 |
750 | Castlewarren | Mar 1962 | Aug 1963 | 980 | 93 km | 199 |
751 | Lisdowney | May 1961 | Feb 1962 | 880 | 80 km | 284 |
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