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There is certain disorientation when entering a sovereign base area (unlike Guantanamo Bay, there are roads running through the bases open to traffic from Cyprus). In particular, the road names are all very English, like "Worcester Road".
After the creation of the Irish republic in 1922, the UK retained two ports in Queenstown, Ireland[?] (now Cobh[?]) and Berehaven[?] and a base at Lough Swilly[?]. These were returned to Eire in 1938. This was a short-sighted decision, since following the outbreak of World War II, the British supply routes across the Altantic were much more difficult to protect with bases in the Republic.
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