Black Valley only got electricity in 1977 — now it's being wired for superfast fibre broadband 

National Broadband Ireland says it has almost finished laying hundreds of kilometres of high-speed fibre cables to connect about 90 households across the vast 1,200-acre region

Historically, the Black Valley in Kerry's MacGillycuddy Reeks was always a communications blackspot but it will be connected to fast reliable broadband later this year. Picture: Curraghmore Farm

It was one of the last locations in Ireland to get electricity in 1977, and to get landline phone service — and 5G mobile phone coverage arrived last year.

Now, though, the remote Black Valley in Kerry is set to get superfast fibre broadband.