Question

Option 3: The border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland

A. Identify and explain what type(s) of boundary exists between the two nations or regions. B. Speculate about ONE positive way and ONE negative way that this boundary has affected the geographical units it separates over time.

Answer 1

ANSWER 1. A. Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland shares 310 miles (499 kilometers) of border area between them with 275 crossing points. Though in 1998, The Good Friday Agreement helped to remove all the security checkpoints and made the hard border invisible.

ANSWER 2. B. One positive way that the boundary has affected, is that; the south people always wanted to distance themselves from the people of north which they often tagged as violent north. The border gave them a sense of relief and freedom which they always desired. They thought themselves to be the civilized ones whereas the north people always made them feel insecure because of their violent nature.

One negative way is that the border between the two countries was very unplanned one. People had problems with partitioned lands, bridges divided between north and south, odd homes,etc. odd homes were the ones where people would have breakfast in north and went to sleep in south and cell phone network would fluctuate between north and south.

Answer 2

A. - Although it is true that there is a land border of 360kms between both nations, it is almost invisible, since none of the countries practices strict border control, although both are fully entitled.B. - The border has affected positively because it gave the inhabitants of the Republic of Ireland the geographic autonomy and powers they always wanted. a negative aspect is that the inhabitants of the Republic of Ireland had to cross Northern Ireland to reach the north-western coasts of the island, and this once bothered Northern Ireland, but over the years agreements have been reached to ease the border crossing.