The Irish lake caught in the middle of Brexit

As Britain begins its divorce from the EU, residents of a disputed territory worry about their fate

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Northern Ireland is seen on the left and the Republic of Ireland is seen on the right with Carlingford Lough in the middle, and an old man walks with a cane along the shore.
Omeath, on the southern shore of Carlingford Lough and, in the distance, Northern Ireland at sunset.
(Image credit: January 31, 2017)

A man walks the shores of Omeath, Ireland, on the southern shore of Carlingford Lough. The left bank is Northern Ireland.
(Image credit: January 31, 2017.)

Skipper Shay Fitzpatrick dredges mussels from Carlingford Lough in Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland.
(Image credit: February 9, 2017)

A ship dredges mussels from Carlingford Lough.
(Image credit: February 9, 2017)

A worker tends to oysters on William Lynch's oyster farm on Lough Foyle — the lake on the other end of the Irish border — in Culmore, Northern Ireland.
(Image credit: February 10, 2017)

A man is handed a towel after swimming in Carlingford Lough in Omeath, Ireland.
(Image credit: February 17, 2017)

Sunset on the shores of Greenore, Ireland.
(Image credit: February 15, 2017)

Women walk along the southern shores of Carlingford Lough; Northern Ireland is in the background.
(Image credit: February 15, 2017)

A poster in Greencastle, Ireland, refers to a proposed new car ferry that would run from Northern Ireland to Ireland through Carlingford Lough.
(Image credit: February 8, 2017)

An oysters cleaning facility in Moville, Ireland.
(Image credit: February 10, 2017)

The banks of Carlingford Lough in Greencastle, Northern Ireland.
(Image credit: February 8, 2017)

Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.