‘…it has been maintained
that the “general web of smuggling” was indulged in to a greater or lesser
degree by the majority of the population in the border counties for the simple
reason of the border line’s “invisibility” …
My mother (who was two months pregnant at the time of my
dad’s court appearance) continued to be mortified by the memory of the occasion
for the rest of her life. My father maybe less so – I can remember many
occasions sitting on books and toys as we were waved past the customs at
Lifford as he stocked up for the Christmas rush!
Customs Post, Killea, County Derry
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