THE COMING OF THE ESB TO RURAL IRELAND / CASTLETOWNBERE / BERE ISLAND

The Coming of the ESB To Rural Ireland 194x --

    - First 2 chapters from book "And Then There Was Light"

    - Which Co. Cork rural areas got the Electricity when?

The Coming of the ESB To Castletownbere 1952.

    - Written account by Joe Houlihan
    - narrated by Barry Sullivan on Bere Island Community Radio (date?)

The Coming of the ESB To Bere Island 1957-1958.

    - Life Before Electricity - by Barry Sullivan
    - Bere Island featured in Rural Electrification Newsletter, Dec 1957
    - Memories of Hugh O’Keeffe, ESB engineer for West Cork 1957-1966
    - Memories of Cyril Murphy, as told to and read by Barry Sullivan
    - Laying the underwater electric cable to Bere Island, March 1958
    - Eithne Harrington's memories of the ESB and the 1950s
    - Chapter by John Finbarr O'Sullivan, who wired 65 Bere Island houses
    (Feel free to contact SH about other chapters you might be interested in.)

 

Prepared by Séamus Hanley and Barry Sullivan.
Contact seamus.hanley@gmail.com or james.hanley@mcgill.ca .

March 13, 2025.