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a new beggining

  • Curator: izzy
  • February 22, 2018
  • 3 Pages
  • School: Rathfarnham Educate Together

when it first came

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  • izzy
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  • Pictures used with written permission from esbarchives.ie. Not for further reproduction.
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  • Livelihood and Household support
  • The Community
  • Historical Tradition
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  • An Old Story
  • Old Irish Tales
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Let There Be Light.....................................

  • Curator: 2018
  • February 22, 2018
  • 5 Pages
  • School: Rathfarnham Educate Together

This is a diary entry told from the perspective of a six year old girl who's house is getting connected to electricity in 1946.

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  • My name is Amy.
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  • Pictures used with written permission from esbarchives.ie. Not for further reproduction.
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Getting into the light.

  • Curator: andelys
  • February 22, 2018
  • 2 Pages
  • School: Rathfarnham Educate Together

A story about electricity coming to rural parts of Ireland.

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  • Andelys
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  • www.esbarchives.ie
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The switch

  • Curator: leoMc
  • February 22, 2018
  • 1 Pages
  • School: Rathfarnham Educate Together

I am about to flick the switch,when I look at everyone's face and there expression. What do they look like?

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  • Leo Mc Gowan
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  • Pictures used with written permission from esbarchives.ie. Not for further reproduction.
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  • An Old Story
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When the light came

  • Curator: saga
  • February 22, 2018
  • 1 Pages
  • School: Rathfarnham Educate Together

This is a story about an old man who lives in Arklow in the time of the light.

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  • saga
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  • Pictures used with written permission from esbarchives.ie. Not for further reproduction.
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  • An Old Story
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Letting in the Light

  • Curator: méabh
  • February 22, 2018
  • 3 Pages
  • School: Rathfarnham Educate Together

This is the fictional diary of a young girl in Aghlem,county Mayo during the rural electrification in Ireland.

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  • Méabh
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Getting in the light

  • Curator: toby
  • February 22, 2018
  • 3 Pages
  • School: Rathfarnham Educate Together

this is a story of when electrification comes to a town in Roscommon and changes a boys life forever.

  • Authors:
  • Toby Bond
  • Sources:
  • esbarchives.ie then there was light photos and video.
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Getting In The Lite

  • Curator: christopher
  • February 22, 2018
  • 1 Pages
  • School: Rathfarnham Educate Together

My Story About The ESB

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  • The Amazing Christopher Admirand
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  • https://esbarchives.ie/
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  • An Old Story
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Sam Maguire

  • Curator: H O Connell
  • January 02, 2017
  • 6 Pages
  • School: Togher N S

The name on the All- Ireland football trophy is well known all over Ireland and yet few people know who Sam Maguire was. Learn about Sam Maguire - from Dunmanway, Co. Cork.

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  • Helen O Connell
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  • The Community
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  • Local Monuments
  • Local Ruins
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Some Monuments in the Area of Ballingeary

  • Curator: Liam
  • October 25, 2016
  • 8 Pages
  • School: Scoil Fionnbarra

This story shows some of the historical monuments local to Ballingeary, West Cork (Beal Atha Ghaorthaidh, Co Chorcai).

  • Authors:
  • Liam Ó Tuama
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  • Irish War Memorials - www.irishwarmemorials.ie, Cumann Staire Béal Átha'n Ghaorthaidh, Twomey Family
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  • The Community
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