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County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, close to the border - 26 June, 2016
1. Grazing sheep
2. Sheep grazing
3. Marked sheep
4. Farmer Hugh Maguire driving in car on his farmland, UPSOUND (English): Hugh Maguire, farmer: "And southern Ireland is right over there, it's probably not a quarter mile across."
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Hugh Maguire, farmer:
"Well, I voted to remain, and I thought the result was a disaster for farming especially in Northern Ireland, where we are dependent on 80 per cent of our income from the single farm payment or subsidies. So I honestly think in a few years' time, if we remain the same, there'll be no farming up in this part of Northern Ireland. We should be treated in Northern Ireland the same as the Republic."
6. Maguire closing gate
7. Cow grazing, farm in the background
Belcoo, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland - 25 June, 2016
8. Bridge leading from Blacklion, Republic of Ireland, to Belcoo, Northern Ireland (UK)
9. Town sign of Belcoo, with speed limit in miles per hour
10. People walking down bridge
Belcoo, Northern Ireland (UK) - 26 June, 2016
11. Businessman Jonathan Balfour paying in supermarket
12. Woman taking newspaper from stand in supermarket
13. Newspaper headline of 'Sunday Times' reading (English) "After Brexit, what now?"
14. Jonathan Balfour and his children Dorothy and Jona leaving supermarket
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Jonathan Balfour, 42, owner of Elite Electronic Systems in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland:
"I am involved in manufacturing, so a lot of our customers are in Europe, and I think it's going to make it more difficult for us to compete in Europe with our competitors, and our cost of goods is more expensive because of this."
Blacklion, Republic of Ireland - 25 June, 2016
16. Bridge leading from Belcoo, UK, to Blacklion, Republic of Ireland, with town sign of Blacklion (in English and Gaelic) and speed limit in kilometres per hour
17. Ireland cup in "The Market House" tourist centre and gift shop
18. Tourist gifts on shelf
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Helena Corcoran, 61, tourist administrator, living in Blacklion for 15 years:
"Because we are so close with Belcoo and Blacklion, we're neighbours, and we're fearful that they will ask us for passports and that this will happen. But really it's the unknown at the moment, so that's the fear."
20. Corcoran talking to colleague Margaret McCauley and Cavan County councillor John Paul Feeley in tourist centre
21. Feeley leaving "The Market House" tourist centre
22. SOUNDBITE (English) John Paul Feeley, Cavan County councillor:
"It's going to increase the cost of doing business between both parts of Ireland, and it's going to have an impact on the over 30-thousand people who commute either north or south of the border to work and to avail of education on a daily basis. It's a very serious situation for us, it's one that we are going to watch and wait, and hope that a solution is found that minimizes the impact of 'Brexit'.''
Newry, Northern Ireland (UK) - 26 June, 2016
23."Brexit" campaign posters for "Leave" and "Remain" in street in town
24. Bridge in town centre
25. Fans from Northern Ireland wearing jerseys of the football team of the Republic of Ireland standing singing outside "Quayside Inn" during Euro 2016 match of Ireland against France
26. Fans wearing jerseys of the football team of the Republic of Ireland singing inside "Quayside Inn" while watching the Euro 2016 match of Ireland against France
27. Waitress pulling a pint of beer
28. Fan watching match, shaking head
29. SOUNDBITE (English) Ian Downey, 46, furniture-maker from Newry:
"It's so close to the border, and when there was a break-up of Ireland, it left us in a bad situation, if you know what I mean. We're in the north but we should really be part of the south."
30. Ian Downey watching the Euro 2016 match of Ireland against France, rooting for Ireland
31. SOUNDBITE (English) Ian Downey, 46, furniture maker from Newry:
"I don't want the border to go back up again because it would create tension here.''
32. Geraldine Merendino outside "Quayside Inn"
33. SOUNDBITE (English) Geraldine Merendino, 48, mother of three from Newry:
"We're not sure yet, I don't even think the politicians know what's going to happen next. They called an EU referendum, I don't think they got the answer they truly wanted, and now everybody's up in arms over it. So, we'll just have to wait and see what happens."
34. Girls walking down street in Newry
35. Various of view from Narrow Water Castle across river to Republic of Ireland
36. Narrow Water Castle near Newry
Residents on Ireland's border are trying to imagine what life will be like if Northern Ireland leaves the European Union.
Many now fear that the clock could soon be turned decades back to dark days when the border was a fortified conflict zone.
Northern Ireland farmer Hugh Maguire, like many residents along the United Kingdom's virtually unmarked land border with the Republic of Ireland, faces the risk of financial ruin if Britain proceeds with plans to exit the European Union, whose agricultural subsidies provide most of his income from highland pastures of cows and sheep.
Maguire called last week's referendum verdict, with 52 per cent voting UK-wide to leave the bloc, including 44 per cent in Northern Ireland, "a disaster."
Many now fear that both British and Irish authorities will have no choice but to redeploy customs officers and police to deter immigration and smuggling.
The shock decision to back "Brexit" sent the British pound tumbling against other currencies, including the euro used in the Republic of Ireland.
"A lot of our customers are in Europe, and I think it's going to make it more difficult for us to compete in Europe," said Jonathan Balfour, director of Elite Electronic Systems, a business that employs around 200 in the nearby Northern Ireland town of Enniskillen. The company assembles printed circuit boards and other electronic peripherals but finds its cost for imported materials is rising in tune with the pound's sharp decline.
For the people in Newry, Northern Ireland, it appeared normal to root for the Republic during the Euro 2016. "We're in the north but we should really be part of the south," said Ian Downey, one of the many Northern Irish fans wearing the green jerseys of the Republic of Ireland during Ireland's match against France on Sunday.
"I don't want the border to go back up again because it would create tension here,'' he added.
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