Carnsore Point in County Wexford, Ireland is famous for being the proposed location of the Nuclear Energy Board power plant which was to be built in the 1970s. The plan would have produced electricity for the Electricity Supply Board. Wexford (Loch Garman in Irish) is a maritime county in the southeast of Ireland, in the province of Leinster. ... The Nuclear Energy Board (NEB) which was officially titled as An Bord Fuinnimh Núicléigh, an Irish title, was established in 1971 by the Nuclear Energy (An Bord Fuinnimh Núicléigh) Act, 1971, the NEB was wound up after the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland was created in... ESB Logo The Electricity Supply Board (ESB), (Irish: Bord Soláthar Leictreachais) often called ESB Ireland to differentiate it with US utilities, is responsible for generating most of the electricity in the Republic of Ireland. ...

Carne Beach, Carnsore

Originating in 1968, the Irish Government gave renewed effort to the plans after the 1973 energy crisis. The plan envisaged one, and eventually four, nuclear power stations, but was (discreetly) dropped in the late 1970s after opposition by environmental groups. Photograph of Carne Beach, Wexford, Ireland I took this picture myself in 1998, before the Carnsore windfarm was built Copyright (c) Peter Cassidy. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... The Government (Irish: Rialtas) is the cabinet that exercises executive authority in the Republic of Ireland. ... (Redirected from 1973 energy crisis) United States, drivers of vehicles with odd numbered license plates were allowed to purchase gasoline only on odd-numbered days of the month, while drivers with even-numbers were limited to even-numbered days. ... Nuclear power (also called nuclear energy) is energy generated from nuclear reactions and can be used for both military and non-military purposes. ... Events and trends Although in the United States and in many other Western societies the 1970s are often seen as a period of transition between the turbulent 1960s and the more conservative 1980s and 1990s, many of the trends that are associated widely with the Sixties, from the Sexual Revolution...

A series of free concerts were held at Carnsore Point in 1978 and 1979. Titled "Get To The Point" and "Back To The Point" respectively, the concerts were a massive success and served to bring to public notice the whole question of nuclear power in Ireland. 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ...

Ironically, Carnsore Point is now the site for one of Ireland's first wind generating stations, run by a subsidiary of the Electricity Supply Board.

External link

• Nuclear Energy (An Bord Fuinnimh Núicléigh) Act, 1971 (http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1971_12.html)
• Carnsore: Why Ireland never got nuclear power (http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/wsm/talks/carnsore2002.html)
• Carnsore Anti-Nuclear Festival, '78-'79 (http://www.iol.ie/~pcassidy/carnsore/welcome.html)
• Minister Opens Carnsore Windfarm (http://www.esb.ie/main/news_events/press_release205.jsp)
• That weekend in 1978, is one I'll never forget. By Fergus Cassidy (http://www.ethos.org/carnsore.html)