ESB Archives

Footage of crew raising a pole during rural electrification. Filmed by ESB Distribution Department, c.1950s. 📽️💪 #ruralelectrification #esbarchives #esb #electricity #ireland

ESB 1931 Ardnacrusha calendar highlighting the range of electrical appliances available in our showrooms and some tips on how to use them in the home 🏠 #ardnacrusha #esb #esbarchives #1930s #electricity

Happy new year to all from ESB Archives. This image promoting electric cooking is from the January 1985 cover of ‘Prospect’, ESB’s monthly marketing magazine⚡️

Happy Christmas from all of us at ESB Archives🎄⚡️#christmas #festiveseason #ESB

How does your oven compare for a roast? Promotional image for ESB’s commercial kitchen equipment at the Strand Hotel, Rosslare, 1968 🍗 #Rosslare #Kitchens #ESBArchives #ChristmasDinner

German and Swedish workers photographed at Christmas in Ardnacrusha soon after the station was commissioned, 1929 🎄 #ESB #ESBArchives #Ardnacrusha #ShannonScheme #Christmas

During Rural Electrification, ESB often ran cooking demonstrations using all electric kitchen appliances. This Christmas cooking demonstration took place on Patrick Street, Cork, in the 1960’s🎄👩‍🍳 #ESB #ChristmasCooking #Archives

Former ESB mascot Johnny Hotfoot bringing new appliances to electrified homes on the cover of the REO (Rural Electrification Office) Newsletter, December 1950 🎁🎄 #ESB #ESBArchives #Christmas #RuralElectrification

Rural electrification workers Jack Dowling (L) and John McElligott (R), travelling the Gap of Dunloe on horseback, 1960s 🐎 #ESB #GapOfDunloe #Kerry #ESBArchives

As Christmas shopping continues we’re looking back at some of the home appliances that ESB sold in the past. This one is simply described as “Hair Dryer with Stand and Hood”, c.1960 💇‍♀️ #ESB #HairCare #ESBArchives #ChristmasShopping

It’s the season for knitted jumpers 🧶 Here is a promotional image for use of electricity on the farm during Rural Electrification, c.1955 #RuralElectrification #CountryLife #IrishFarming #ESBArchives

Finglas transformer station and transmission lines, September 1951 ⚡️ #ESB #IrishArchitecture #DublinHistory #Electricity

Transformer station at Shannon (Rineanna) Airport, 1946 🛫 Designed by Architects Eoghan D Buckley and John O’Gorman #ShannonAirport #IrishArchitecture #ESB #ESBArchives

Excerpts from “Poolbeg: Story of a Generating Station” (1977) 🎥 Shown here are the intro and outro to a 32 minute film documenting the design and construction Poolbeg station, Dublin. #ESB #Poolbeg #PoolbegChimneys #Poolbeighthouse

Too early to say? First image comes from Electric Mail, ESB’s Staff Magazine, January 1994 ⚽️ Second and third images are from ESB ads in matchday programmes from 1994 and 1993 (vs Hungary), respectively #WorldCup2026 #TroyParrott #BuildTheStatue #ESB #FAI

Excerpt from “Power for Prosperity” (1963) 🎥 This clip shows the activity of ESB staff during WW2, planning the Rural Electrification scheme and designing the power stations that would power 300,000 newly connected homes. #ESB #ESBArchives #WW2 #RuralElectrification

In September 1973, a group from CIGRE had the rare opportunity to visit the resevoir atop Turlough Hill before it was filled with water. In the background you can see preparations being made to lift the intake bridge into place 🏗️ #ESB #TurloughHill #WicklowMountains

“Taking the Cable off the Drum” Recently digitised photograph showing distribution cables being laid on the Milltown-Deansgrange Line, Co. Dublin, June-December 1938 🔌 #ESB #ESBArchives #Electricity

Generating electricity at Great Island in Wexford. WATCH: RTÉ News reports #OnThisDay in 1968 @ESBArchives @ESBNetworks rte.ie/archives/2023/…

Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh 👻 This clip shows seanchaí Jim Nolan and Peggy O’Brien discussing stories of the Banshee in Ireland before Rural Electrification. #Halloween #ESB #RuralElectrification #ESBArchives #OldIreland #Banshee