Poulaphouca (Poll an Phúca in Irish, "The Devil's Hole") is a small village in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is primarily known for its hydroelectric generating station and artificial lake. County Wicklow (Contae Chill Mhantáin in Irish) is a county on the east coast of Ireland, immediately south of Dublin. ... Hydraulic turbine and electrical generator. ...
The reservoir at Poulaphouca is a national park and area of wildbird conservation. It was created in 1944 by damming the River Liffey as part of the ESB project to build a second hydroelectric station in Ireland. Gelmersee is a reservoir in Switzerland. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Boardwalks of River Liffey and OConnell Bridge, in Dublin City. ... The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) (Bord Soláthair an Leictreachais in Irish), sometimes called ESB Ireland to differentiate it from US utilities, is responsible for generating most of the electricity in the Republic of Ireland. ...
Electricity generating stations Aghada | Ardnacrusha | Ballylumford (NI) | Carnsore Point | Lanesboro | Moneypoint | Poulaphouca | Ringsend | Shannonbridge | Tarbert | Turlough Hill Ardnacrusha, originally The Shannon Scheme, is Irelands largest river hydroelectric scheme and is operated on the River Shannon near Limerick City, Ireland. ... 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. ... View from west bank of river Shannonbridge (Irish: Droichead na Sionainne) is a town with a population of around 600, located on the River Shannon in County Clare in Ireland, some 10 km south of Clonmacnoise. ... Aerial Photo of Tarbert Looking North Tarbert is a village in the north of County Kerry. ... Turlough Hill is Irelands only pumped storage hydroelectricity plant, located in the mountains of County Wicklow. ...
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