Letting in the Light curated by méabh

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

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Dear diary                                                     18/7/1948                    Today we got our electricity! When we first turned it on the brightness was amazing! We had just been expecting the same dull light as the parafin but it was like it were the middle of the day! I couldn't believe how bright it was.                                                                                         May