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Kitchen Power Audio Station 1: ESB Sales and Advice

Listen to these clips from the oral history interviews, with Irish women and ESB staff talking about their memories of signing up for rural electrification:

 
Rose Whooley interviewed by Brigid O’Brien about the take-up of electricity in the Skibbereen area, County Cork, January 2018
 
 
Nora interviewed by Brigid O’Brien about fears about electricity in Dunbeacon, County Cork, December 2017
Mary Corcoran interviewed by Maura McGuinness about the local committee supporting the sign-up efforts to the ESB service in Newport, County Mayo, January 2017
Nuala Stack interviewed by Eleanor Calnan about wiring the house in the Ballycotton area, County Cork, April 2018
 
Una Carty interviewed by Alison Mac Cormaic about getting the house wired and switching on the electric light for the first time, November 2017
Rosemary Connolly interviewed by Geraldine O’Connor about the electrification of the Sacred Heart lamp in Tydavnet, County Monaghan, February 2017
Sean Óg Flood interviewed by Sorcha O’Brien about working for the ESB, signing people up for rural electrification in Dundalk, County Louth, August 2018
 
Dan Kerr interviewed by Geraldine O’Connor about working for the ESB on a demonstration van in County Monaghan, February 2017
 
Margaret Cahalane interviewed by Eleanor Calnan about getting a deep freezer in Lisavaird, County Cork, March 2018
 

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