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Stolen spikes: the strange history of the Irish border

9 December 2017

9:00 AM

9 December 2017

9:00 AM

Border skirmishes

What did the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic used to look like?

— In 1923 a Common Travel Area between the UK and what was then the Irish Free State established free movement. Passport checks began in the second world war and ended in 1952, though some customs checks continued.

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