Allenwood Generating Station 1966 Booklet and Demolition in 1997

Construction began on Allenwood Power Station in 1949 with the first power set becoming operational in 1952. It was designed to use peat fuel produced on the adjoining bogs at Timahoe.

This booklet produced by the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) and reprinted in 1966 includes designs, photographs and technical information on the station. An original copy is held in Kildare Local Studies. A digital copy can be accessed at Allenwood Generating Station Booklet (Digitised PDF)

Allenwood  Generating Station helped support hundreds of jobs in the surrounding community (including with Bórd na Móna) right up to the decision to de-commission the plant in the early 1990s. The cooling tower dominated the landscape of mid-Kildare for decades, until the demolition in late June 1997. This dramatic event received much media attention with a front page photograph in the Leinster Leader of 26 June 1997 highlighting the demise of Allenwood Generation Station.