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Ireland's Customs Barriers & Chaos: The 11-Plus Exam Scandal and 70 Years of Irish Partition

Ireland's Customs Barriers & Chaos: The 11-Plus Exam Scandal and 70 Years of Irish Partition

Update: 2025-12-11
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This week we dive into President WT Cosgrave’s reliance on neighbourly feeling rather than written guarantees for the safety of Northern Catholics and the establishment of customs barriers in 1923 and their controversial persistence for over 70 years. Illicit pig smuggling in the mid-1970s makes an appearance and Tim relives the 11-plus exam.

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Ireland's Customs Barriers & Chaos: The 11-Plus Exam Scandal and 70 Years of Irish Partition

Ireland's Customs Barriers & Chaos: The 11-Plus Exam Scandal and 70 Years of Irish Partition