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EirGrid: History, Companies & Measurement

EirGrid plc is the state-owned electric power transmission operator in Ireland. It is a public limited company registered under the Companies Acts; its shares are held by the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment. It is one of a number of Irish state-sponsored bodies and is regulated by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities.

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EirGrid topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Companies and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around EirGrid.

Related topics
16
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
19
Extracted relationships
60
Concept neighborhoods
16
Bridge connections
19

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Role · 9 topics
Overview · 6 topics
History · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
7 February 2001; 25 years ago (2001-02-07)
Industry
Electricity
Owner
Government of Ireland
Headquarters
The Oval, 160 Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Dublin, Ireland
Area served
Ireland
Founder
Government of Ireland

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

  • ESB Electricity Supply Board

Role

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How EirGrid connects Entity context

The extracted context around EirGrid shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, EirGrid → CER, Commission, EirGrid's, Energy Regulation, Forfas, GB's National Grid, Great Britain, IDA, Industrial Development Authority, Information, Ireland, Ireland's, Irish, Irish Government, Irish Wind Energy Association, It, IWEA, More, MW East, Northern Ireland Another extracted example is EirGrid → Electricity, Electricity Supply Board, European, European Communities, Internal Market, Irish, It, July, Regulations, The, The ESB. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

EirGrid

Top relations

related to Role · 32
EirGrid → CER, Commission, EirGrid's, Energy Regulation, Forfas, GB's National Grid, Great Britain, IDA, Industrial Development Authority, Information, Ireland, Ireland's, Irish, Irish Government, Irish Wind Energy Association, It, IWEA, More, MW East, Northern Ireland
related to history · 11
EirGrid → Electricity, Electricity Supply Board, European, European Communities, Internal Market, Irish, It, July, Regulations, The, The ESB
Area served · 1
EirGrid → Ireland
Founded · 1
EirGrid → 7 February 2001; 25 years ago (2001-02-07)
Founder · 1
EirGrid → Government of Ireland
Headquarters · 1
EirGrid → The Oval, 160 Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Dublin, Ireland
Industry · 1
EirGrid → Electricity
Key people · 1
EirGrid → Cathal Marley (Chief Executive) Brendan Tuohy (Chair of the Board)
Net income · 1
EirGrid → €11.9m
Number of employees · 1
EirGrid → 462

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

power irish transmission electricity ireland system operator market energy also government board number assets northern website plc state-owned public limited

EirGrid relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 60 structured relationships around EirGrid. Examples in this analysis include EirGrid → Area served → Ireland and EirGrid → Founded → 7 February 2001; 25 years ago (2001-02-07). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
EirGridArea servedIreland1.00infobox
EirGridFounded7 February 2001; 25 years ago (2001-02-07)1.00infobox
EirGridFounderGovernment of Ireland1.00infobox
EirGridHeadquartersThe Oval, 160 Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Dublin, Ireland1.00infobox
EirGridIndustryElectricity1.00infobox
EirGridKey peopleCathal Marley (Chief Executive) Brendan Tuohy (Chair of the Board)1.00infobox
EirGridNet income€11.9m1.00infobox
EirGridNumber of employees4621.00infobox
EirGridOperating income€32.1m1.00infobox
EirGridOwnerGovernment of Ireland1.00infobox
EirGridRevenue€688m1.00infobox
EirGridServicesElectricity transmission system operator (TSO)1.00infobox
EirGridSubsidiariesSONI (System Operator for Northern Ireland)1.00infobox
EirGridTotal assets€1,348m1.00infobox
EirGridTotal equity€323m1.00infobox
EirGridTypeState-owned public limited company1.00infobox
EirGridWebsitewww.eirgrid.ie1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around EirGrid bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Power, Electricity and Government. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • EirGrid
    • Power
    • Electricity
    • Government
    • Operator
    • Market
    • Irish
    • Ireland
    • System
    • Plc
    • Soni
    • State-owned
    • Northern
  • eirgrid
    • Power
    • Electricity
    • Government
    • Operator
    • Market
    • Irish
    • Ireland
    • System
    • Plc
    • Soni
    • State-owned
    • Northern
  • electric power transmission
    • System
    • Electricity
    • Market
    • Transmission
    • Operation
    • Wholesale
    • Irish
    • Competition
    • Links
    • Soni
    • State-owned
    • Development
  • ireland
    • Northern
    • Operator
    • Transmission
    • Links
    • Plc
    • Soni
    • State-owned
    • Power
    • Electricity
    • Also
    • Board
    • Energy
  • public limited company
    • Company
    • Limited
    • Public
    • Area
    • Competition
    • Held
    • Key
    • Links
    • Plc
    • Shares
    • Soni
    • State-owned
  • irish state-sponsored bodies
    • Government
    • Commission
    • Key
    • Regulated
    • Regulation
    • Grid
    • Development
    • Number
    • Power
    • System
    • Area
    • National
  • wide area synchronous grid
    • Development
    • National
    • Operation
    • Company
    • Competition
    • Key
    • Limited
    • Links
    • Plc
    • Public
    • Soni
    • State-owned
  • irish government
    • Government
    • Irish
    • Northern
    • Board
    • Grid
    • Ireland
    • Power
    • System
    • Area
    • Commission
    • Competition
    • Held

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For EirGrid, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects EirGrid with Role. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
EirGridRole · splits 10 ⟂ 10
EirGridOverview · splits 13 ⟂ 7

Map overview Semantic statistics

EirGrid

Nodes20
Edges19
Triples60
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.1
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around EirGrid to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Companies & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — EirGrid · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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