Noreen Durken interviewed by Mary O’Reilly about the daily routine before the arrival of electricity in Ballintubber, County Mayo, December 2016
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Chrissy O’Driscoll interviewed by Brigid O’Brien about getting the house in Drinagh, County Cork wired for the first time, January 2018 | |
Anne O’Connor interviewed by Brigid O’Brien about her mother blessing the plugs in the house in Unionhall, County Cork, January 2018 | |
Josephine Helly interviewed by Lynda Dunne about the effect of turning on the one light switch for the first time in Oldcastle, County Meath, April 2018 | |
Kathleen McQuillan interviewed by Geraldine O’Connor about getting the ESB meter read and paying the ESB bill in Clones, County Monaghan, February 2017 | |
Leo Shaughnessy interviewed by Mary O’Reilly about buying appliances on hire purchase in Castlebar, County Mayo, December 2016 | |
Rose MacHugh interviewed by Eleanor Calnan about getting one plug installed and later getting the first washing machine in the area, April 2018 | |
Mary Ann Egan interviewed by Lynda Dunne about getting a clothes dryer with four babies in nappies, October 2017 | |
Josephine interviewed by Lynda Dunne about saving up to buy a twin tub, October 2017 | |
Mary Coen interviewed by Alison Mac Cormaic about financial strategies for buying an electric cooker, November 2017 | |
Delo interviewed by Sorcha O’Brien about unused electrical presents from emigrant relatives, June 2017 | |
Marie Landy interviewed by Rachel Botha about doing crafts instead of housework in Kilkenny, June 2017 | |
Maura McGuinness interviewed by Mary O’Reilly about knitting jumpers for money on the Aran Islands, December 2016 | |
Hannah Mai Allman interviewed by Eleanor Calnan about using electricity to light the Sacred Heart lamp and heat incubators for chickens and banbhs (piglets) in Tralee, County Kerry, April 2018 | |
Noreen Brady interviewed by Geraldine O’Connor about her mother cutting the legs off an iron pot to fit it into her new electric oven in Newbliss, County Monaghan, February 2017 |