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Border Patrol Station 1923

When the Irish Free State took over responsibility for its own taxation, international trade became subject to movement controls and customs duties from 1 April 1923. Customs officers who had previously dealt only with maritime trade, now had the difficult job of controlling the land frontier which meandered 360 kilometres from Louth to Donegal.

In County Louth, the border was controlled by patrol stations at Carlingford, Mountpleasant, Kilcurry, Annavackey and Culloville. Border crossing points approved for road traffic were at Ferryhill, Drumbilla and Carrickarnan and rail traffic was examined at Omeath and Mountpleasant. In the announcements, it was advertised that these control points were temporary, pending final resolution of the partition question.

However static frontier examination stations remained in place for 69 years and 9 months until 1 January 1993 and the advent of the EU Single Market which permitted the free movement of goods and services between member states.  

Border-Patrol-Station-1923

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