Fort XMG
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Fort XMG
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 20 Sep 2005
The joint British Army-PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland) base dominates the market square of this rural and strongly nationalist town. Bristling with aerials and observation cameras it keeps a 24/7 watch. It is known locally as the "Look Out Post". The square is called the Tomas O'Fiaich Square, after the late Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh, a native of nearby Cullyhanna, some 4 miles north of Crossmaglen. The weekly market is in progress, the stalls manned mainly by Pakistani traders, who, judging by the registration plates on their vans, have travelled in from the Republic. http://www.jonathanolley.com/pages/user.public.video.php?uid=5
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Image Location
Latitude
54.077924
Longitude
-6.607389