How amazing! Dave, please accept my grateful thanks for posting this site. The photos of the border crossings are in themselves really interesting - but it is the interviews which I found profoundly moving. Decided to begin at Cavan/Fermanagh, and listened to one Jude McGovern of Swanlinbar - realising he could be one of my distant relatives! The accents are quite different and distinctive in each County, and all I have so far heard differ markedly from the interviewer who obviously comes from another part of Ireland. Also found Dolan Lane border crossing near Belleek. There is one thrilled lady in Oz today. Kindly, Dee. -----Original Message----- From: fermanagh-gold-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:fermanagh-gold-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dave H via Sent: Saturday, 25 April 2015 5:21 PM To: fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: FERMANAGH-GOLD Landmark... landlines!! While not answering your question Carl I did come across this site.. http://www.borderroadmemories.com/image-galleries/?keyword&county=Fermanagh& bordertype&imagetype Many people will drive these roads on not spot anything.. I can see it plainly in most!! What am I on about?? The county line! In many of these you can clearly see where one county ends and next starts and into which one doing research should really look at... Where does one county end and next start?? Just look at the difference on road surface!! or where road markings end, or where weeds in middle of road stops... With that in mind one should clearly see how simple it was for one person to live in one county and a son etc in next and even today these are where Republic of Ireland ends and Northern Ireland starts and you can clearly see the high security border controls, passport controllers, high security fences and how difficult it is to get from one county to next and it would have been just as difficult for one's kin.. .. the first one shows Fermanagh/Monaghan and you can see how simple it is for one to be in Monaghan and an ancestor in Fermanagh, or to have land in both etc. DH (bridgehunting!)

Must admit I didn't listen to any of them Dee, just thought they might show how simple it is for families to be in two counties if a son married and there was a farm just down the road to rent in next county. Didn't know of web site until I searched for the bridge Carl was asking about, so glad you enjoyed the interviews etc even just for the different accents. Dave. On 28/04/2015 05:54, Dee Byster-Graham wrote: > How amazing! > > Dave, please accept my grateful thanks for posting this site. > The photos of the border crossings are in themselves really interesting - > but it is the interviews which I found profoundly moving. > Decided to begin at Cavan/Fermanagh, and listened to one Jude McGovern of > Swanlinbar - realising he could be one of my distant relatives! > The accents are quite different and distinctive in each County, and all I > have so far heard differ markedly from the interviewer who obviously comes > from another part of Ireland. > > Also found Dolan Lane border crossing near Belleek. > There is one thrilled lady in Oz today. > > Kindly, > De --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com

I suppose having lived here through those times we just take it for granted so I can understand what you mean and indeed interviews etc are few and far between, will listen to a few after your expert advice!! :-)) Dave Re: FERMANAGH-GOLD Landmark... landlines!! /Date:/ Tue, 28 Apr 2015 17:48:30 +1000 /References:/ <579E8677-FA99-4940-B7FF-9EFCD0336897@northwestel.net> <553B404D.9060903@gmail.com> <001101d0816f$69e06150$3da123f0$@bigpond.net.au><553F1B94.200@gmail.com> /In-Reply-To:/ <553F1B94.200@gmail.com> Dave, It was also the content of the interviews which I found interesting. This is the kind of history which explains a great deal, but can rarely be found in the voice of the people who lived through it; to hear their experiences in their own voices was amazing. Most importantly, they directly relate to our various family trees and family histories. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com