How about pics of county border markers (which of
course serve as country markers)?

--- "John J. Kelly" <johnkelly@...>
wrote:

> 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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