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

Omeath, on the southern shore of Carlingford Lough and, in the distance, Northern Ireland at sunset.
January 31, 2017

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

Skipper Shay Fitzpatrick dredges mussels from Carlingford Lough in Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland.
February 9, 2017

A ship dredges mussels from Carlingford Lough.
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.
February 10, 2017

A man is handed a towel after swimming in Carlingford Lough in Omeath, Ireland.
February 17, 2017

Sunset on the shores of Greenore, Ireland.
February 15, 2017

Women walk along the southern shores of Carlingford Lough; Northern Ireland is in the background.
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.
February 8, 2017

An oysters cleaning facility in Moville, Ireland.
February 10, 2017

The banks of Carlingford Lough in Greencastle, Northern Ireland.
February 8, 2017