[
    {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "in%20ireland%20what%20was%20the%20last%20place%20to%20be%20connected%20to%20the%20electricity"
    },
    {
        "role": "assistant",
        "content": "The last place in Ireland to be connected to the main electricity grid was the Black Valley in County Kerry. It finally received electrical power in **1975**. ([kieranmccarthy.ie](https://kieranmccarthy.ie/?p=2655&utm_source=openai))\n\nHere\u2019s a breakdown:\n\n- The ESB\u2019s Rural Electrification Scheme (RES) launched in 1946 aimed to bring electricity to rural Ireland. ([rte.ie](https://www.rte.ie/archives/2016/1103/828920-esb-and-rural-electrification/?utm_source=openai))  \n- By 1965, about 80% of rural homes had electricity through RES. ([irelandenergy2050.ie](https://irelandenergy2050.ie/past/electricity/?utm_source=openai))  \n- The last area of \u201cmainland\u201d rural Ireland to get connected was Black Valley, County Kerry, in **1975**. ([kieranmccarthy.ie](https://kieranmccarthy.ie/?p=2655&utm_source=openai))  \n- After that, some of the most remote inhabited islands (such as Inishturboth and Inishturk off the north-west coast) were among the final places to get mains electricity (around 2003). ([ouririshheritage.org](https://www.ouririshheritage.org/content/archive/topics/miscellaneous/rural-electrification?utm_source=openai))  \n\nIf by \u201cIreland\u201d you meant including all offshore islands, then the final places connected were Inishturboth and Inishturk, in or around **2003**. ([ouririshheritage.org](https://www.ouririshheritage.org/content/archive/topics/miscellaneous/rural-electrification?utm_source=openai))"
    }
]