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Jonesborough Bridge
Jonesborough, Carrickaneena, Armagh/Louth Unapproved Road 
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Newspaper Clippings
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memories
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This crossing was spiked up until the late 1960's but was open from that point on.
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It was a major pig smuggling route as there was no customs huts along this road.
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In 1989 the two highest ranking RUC officers Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Bob Buchanan killed in the troubles, were shot on the Northern side of this crossing returning from a meeting with the Garda in Dundalk.
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