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> It's likely that the communities that would be split by a new border in Ireland would disagree too. It wouldn't really be a 'new' border though; NI and Eire
by dingaling 8y ago
> It's likely that the communities that would be split by a new border in Ireland would disagree too.
It wouldn't really be a 'new' border though; NI and Eire had border controls from 1922 to 1998, so well into the EEC-EU era. I often had to show my passport on the coach from Belfast to Dublin. My grandparents remembered having to declare NI bacon on the train crossing at Carlingford.
With over 200 border crossing points it wasn't 100% enforced, though.
- wlll 8y ago> It wouldn't really be a 'new' border though No, I meant "new" as in, "it wasn't there last year" :) I'm old enough to remember the border, and "the troubles" too. I also believe the removal of the border was a large factor in the cessation of hostilities, and the reason it's such a hot topic now. > With over 200 border crossing points it wasn't 100% enforced, though. My uncle used to have a house (he described it as such, to call it a shack would have been generous) in the south of France close to the Spanish border. Before freedom of movement they used to just walk into Spain as and when they pleased.