I’m back on the trail of this very modern Sacred Heart lamp, which I think was made in the Port Laoise area, because that’s where three of them have shown up. Anyone with leads, let me know!

100 y ago construction of hydro-electric power station commenced at #Ardnacrusha on river #Shannon; major engineering feat by #Siemens-Schuckert & #ESB. First electricity generated in 1929 & still going strong! Conference in #UniversityOfLimerick organised by #CIGS recalled this landmark project

HSTM Network Ireland Webinar, 6 March 2025, 1-2 pm Dr Sorcha O’Brien (Lecturer in Design History & Theory , IADT) 'Kitchen Power: Rural Electrification, Women and Electrical Appliances in 1950s and 1960s Ireland' www.historians.ie/hstm-network...

Have finally managed to move this account over here, check out the Kitchen Power Online sub-site on the @nmireland.bsky.social website! www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...