Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Status on IEUK?
Date: May 16, 2002 @ 19:41
Author: Jesper & Nicolette Nielsen ("Jesper & Nicolette Nielsen" <jesniel@...>)
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I have heard of the border straddling houses, but have never figured out where.
 
I would love to visit Clones, but since there is no demarcation, if could be a big dissapointment.
 
Jesper
 
>You are correct in this. The original treaty between the United
Kingdom and
>the then newly form Irish Free State used the existing county
boundaries,
>which give some odd things like a 1km section of the Clones
to Cavan road
>crossing the border six times, and some houses straddling
the border.
>