A house in the townland of Gortineddin straddles the border between the north and south of Ireland.
A portion of the house lies in Gortineddin in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland with more of the same building in Scotstown, County Cavan south of the border.
We're all familiar with the problems of a partitioned country but we're now actually outside a partitioned dwelling house.
The owner of the house Phelim Murray spends part of his time north of the border and part of his time south of the border without ever crossing his own front door. The house is now under reconstruction in the hands of builder Peter Dullaghan but it is not being moved north or south of the border.
There's three bedrooms in Northern Ireland, part of his kitchen is in Southern Ireland, the other half in the North. His sitting room and another bedroom is actually in Ireland, in Southern Ireland.
Approximately two thirds of the house is in Northern Ireland and one third in the Republic of Ireland. The reconstructed house will get its electricity supply from Southern Ireland but it is still not known if they can use that supply in the parts of the house that are in Northern Ireland.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 30 August 1963. The reporter is Frank Hall.
