JUMPING THE BORDER

"I have run the gauntlet of many borders in my time, but the border I grew up with at home was far and away the most trying," writes Seamas OCathain (Professor Emeritus at University College Dublin, and former Director of the National Folklore Collection) of the Irish border - "a border policed by little corporals that was the bane of our lives."

,,In vremea mea, am alergat pe manusa multor granite, dar granita cu care am crescut acasa a fost de departe cea mai dificila", scrie Seamas OCathain (profesor emerit la University College Dublin si fost director al Colectiei Nationale de Folclor). ) de la granita irlandeza - ,,o frontiera supravegheata de mici caporali care a fost nenorocirea vietii noastre".