Back in the 80s the British govt. erected roadblocks on most of the
border crossings and had checkpoints on others. You could walk across
anytime but not drive. In order to drive a car across you had to take a
long diversion and use an "approved road" to cross. This was at the
height of the IRA's blitzkrieg.
Does anyone have pictures of these roadblocks??
JK
>
> None at all anywhere on that border. Apparently both sides are trying to
> reduce the significance of the border altogether in terms of everyday
> living, driving, and tourism. It's all done by county now, and it
> appears that the counties of the north are now simply treated as Irish
> counties generically all over the island.
>
>
>
> I have many more pictures, but I'm trying to reduce their size so I can
> post them.
>
> Dallen
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jesper Nielsen [mailto:jesniel@...]
> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 7:12 AM
> To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Ireland-NI border pics
>
>
>
> So there were no blue EU signs at the borders.
>
>
>
> Also no ordinary, non-EU signs announcing the countries?
>
>
>
> Jesper
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Dallen Timothy <mailto:dtimothy@...>
>
> To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 7:35 PM
>
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Ireland-NI border pics
>
>
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I've been hibernating for several months finishing up a couple
> of new books, but I've been reading the goings-on of BoundaryPoint. I
> was on business in Ireland last month, and of course I took the
> opportunity to do several border stops on the NI-Ireland border. Things
> have changed a lot on this border since the early 1990s. In fact at all
> eight places we crossed (on land and on river) there is no sign
> whatsoever that an international boundary is being crossed. Unlike other
> EU borders, there are no blue signs announcing which country one is
> entering, and there certainly are no border stations left (unlike
> between Finland and Sweden). After talking a lot with academics,
> politicians, and local people along the border I've realized that there
> is a lot of cooperation now going on between the north and south, and in
> fact the whole island is being promoted in tourism terms as a single
> destination. All of the South's brochures and Websites include the North
> and vice versa, and geographical lexicon the only divisions are now by
> county, not by country.
>
>
>
> Now for the attached photos:
>
>
>
> 1) Picture 009 is of the border just southwest of
> Londonderry. The 1:60,000 topographic map shows this as a dry border,
> but in fact it's a small stream under this old bridge. You can see the
> pavement change in the middle of the bridge and the new speed limit is
> in km, not miles. The speed signs are the only indication you are
> entering the Republic.
>
> 2) Up the road about 300-400 meters you find this sign,
> welcoming you to County Donegal. All the major crossings are marked with
> welcome to County X signs, but no indication of Ireland or Northern
> Ireland.
>
>
>
> I'll send more today and over the intervening days. Doug is
> helping me reduce their size-thanks Doug. Hopefully they won't plug up
> anyone's system.
>
> Cheers,
> Dallen
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