Talk:Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border

Maritime border

Are there any beaches on the "Northern" side of Lough Foyle/Carlingford lough and if so if one is walking along the beach when the tide is out and they go beyond the high water mark have they just entered another country ? 213.40.117.87 (talk) 11:11, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Indeed you have and you are likely to be snatched and rendered by Republican frogmen. My advice? Don't do it. Sarah777 (talk) 16:43, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

It would actually be at the low water mark (Teritorial seas are measured from the low water mark wheras land ownership starts at the high water mark) so one would have to be in the water 213.40.109.40 (talk) 14:52, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

There is not much here on the Maritime Border between Ireland and the UK Territorial Waters/ EEZ associated with Great Britain. Whilst understandable Island of Ireland matter are the chief focus, there are other aspects to the UK-Ireland border. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.84.189.190 (talk) 19:44, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

Physical impediments

"only in the highlands of the Cavan-Fermanagh section could the border be said to accord with any significant physical impediments to movement."

What about Lough Foyle? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.58.92.249 (talk) 14:25, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Military checkpoints

Section says:

During the Troubles in Northern Ireland, there were British military checkpoints on main border crossings and UK security forces made the remaining crossings impassable. By about 2005, in phase with implementation of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, remaining controls were definitively removed.

Could that please be explained a little more? I.e. was it a Berlin Wall type of situation with defectors trying to escape across the border and all that? If yes, was it mostly in just one direction; and if so, which? Yes we in the USA really are this clueless about this stuff. I'm hearing about it now mostly because of Brexit. Thanks. 173.228.123.166 (talk) 02:56, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi. It wasn't the Berlin wall. People crossing the border weren't "trying to escape". They were trying to go to work. Or to visit family. Or church. Or to get groceries. Or to football training. Or otherwise just getting from A to B. Normal day-to-day stuff. Not 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'. Or some East Berlin spy movie. Just normal life. On smaller country roads the barriers that prevented them from getting to their grandmother's house were immovable blockades. Where bridges and roads were dismantled and replaced with concrete-filled casements. A manufactured dead-end. Compare the "then and now" photos of the Lacken Bridge road here for example. On larger roads (the official crossings), the checkpoints weren't immovable barriers. But gated checkpoints like this. Where you might just get waved through (at best), stopped and asked questions through the car window (if not), stopped and the car searched (sometimes), or shot dead if those manning the checkpoint were tired, in fear of attack or perhaps had wet fingers from the rain. The northern side of the border were manned by UK customs, RUC and the British Army. The southern side of these crossings weren't typically policed to any great extent. Irish Customs might wave larger trucks and vans into a lay-by before they reached the border proper. This is all covered in the Republic_of_Ireland–United_Kingdom_border#The_Troubles section. Guliolopez (talk) 12:51, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. That last linked section (the Troubles section) paints a clearer picture. 173.228.123.166 (talk) 04:58, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Duplicate quote

At Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border#Distinctive physical characteristics and Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border#Waters around Northern Ireland we have the same text of Northern Ireland shall consist of the parliamentary counties of Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone, and the parliamentary boroughs of Belfast and Londonderry, and Southern Ireland shall consist of so much of Ireland as is not comprised within the said parliamentary counties and boroughs. As the latter section notes the Act did not explicitly address the position of territorial waters, so is there any objection to the removal of the duplicate quote (and any associated text) from the latter section? FDW777 (talk) 21:57, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Done. FDW777 (talk) 16:12, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

please remove the top flag on this map.

please remove the top flag on this map. 2603:8000:C100:5B30:A55D:A942:7266:577F (talk) 23:24, 12 April 2023 (UTC)