Why a Booktrail?
2000s: In the wake of the EU referendum, the United Kingdom’s border with Ireland has gained greater significance: it is set to become the frontier with the European Union.
The Rule of the Land
What you need to know before your trail
Garrett Carr travelled Ireland’s border on foot and by canoe. This invisible line has hosted smugglers and kings, runaways, peacemakers, protestors and terrorists, revealing the tumult of a border, changing the way we look at nationhood, land and power.
From encounters with border dwellers to uncovering rituals, hidden pathways and ancient monuments, this book presents the borderland as a unique realm of its own, and asks what it holds for the future.
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Ireland and its border
The border landscape in Ireland is something very unique indeed. This is a look the legacy of that border area and at a time where Brexit could be changing what and even where that border is, it’s a good time to have a look at this unique area.
This is a tour of that border by using it as a trail around Ireland’s history via its forts, castles, old custom huts, farms and everything else including the now defunct interpretive centre.
The author walks the border, but digs deep underneath it.
Haulbowline Lighthouse
Waves crash at it from all sides. I think of it as the beginning because this lighthouse- smooth stone, seamless from a distance – is a fine spool from which to unwind the border
Slieve Bloom Mountains
The Slieve Bloom Mountains are a mountain range which rise from the central plain of the country to a height of 527 metres. They’re not the tallest of mountains granted but by local standards, they are.
Burt Castle
Burt Castle a stronghold dating from the 1500s. It’s a ruined castle and is also often spelt Birt Castle
Moyry Castle
Moyry Castle was built in 1601 by Lord Mountjoy to help secure Moyry Pass and the Gap of the North. It’s a small rectangular tower three storeys high.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Rule of the Land: Walking Ireland’s Border
Destination: Ireland ( the border) Author/Guide: Garrett Carr Departure Time: 2000s
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