Date: 04/08/2021

Packed full of handwritten details by Irish customs officials and the Garda about goods confiscated on the Pettigo border between 1937 and 1945, the Register has recorded in meticulous detail the size, weight, quantity and value of farm animals, perishable and non-perishable goods and other immensely varied items seized on border patrols, in Pettigo Railway Station and in the Post Office.

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Old customs book listed all kinds of everything seized on the border

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It probably wont be too long until the Irish Sea border drifts gently back to its previous position on mainland Ireland, having floated there on rising sea levels caused by global warming!

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