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My grandfather worked on the Ardnacrusha Scheme
My grandfather Tadhg Ryan (born in 1901) worked on the Ardnacrusha Electrification Scheme from its beginning. I am not sure what work he did but he was very skilled at many things and would have been involved in the construction work.
He lived near Cappamore at a place called Gurtalla Doone when at home but stayed with several others in a campus when at work.
He remembered that he had to “c…
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- Sean R
Subject
- Ardnacrusha
- Shannon Scheme
- Republic of Ireland
- http://contribute.europeana.eu/contributions/a9203700-871d-0138-16a0-6eee0af6f3c7#agent-a920bd80-871d-0138-16a0-6eee0af6f3c7
- Ireland
- Industrial heritage
- Hydroelectric power stations
- Working life
- Construction engineering
Contributors
- Sean R
Subject
- Ardnacrusha
- Shannon Scheme
- Republic of Ireland
- http://contribute.europeana.eu/contributions/a9203700-871d-0138-16a0-6eee0af6f3c7#agent-a920bd80-871d-0138-16a0-6eee0af6f3c7
- Ireland
- Industrial heritage
- Hydroelectric power stations
- Working life
- Construction engineering
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Places
- Ardnacrusha Power Station, Co Clare
- Limerick
- Republic of Ireland
- Limerick
- Limerick city
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Language
- eng
- en
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- Ardnacrusha Memories: stories about the Shannon Hydro-Electric Scheme, Hunt Museum, Limerick
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- Europe
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First time published on Europeana
- 2021-01-25T17:37:35.260Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-02-02T08:44:42.776Z