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Above: Graffiti in support of the Irish Republican Army has been etched into a metal plate along Windmill Hill Street. Although Ireland has many political parties, the IRA has become well-known worldwide for its militant actions trying to expel British troops and unify Ireland.
- Right: Graffiti in support of the IRA adorns the side of an electrical box along Callan Bridge Road in a Catholic neighborhood.
The flag of England and the Union flag fly above the sidewalks of the main shopping and dining area of downtown Armagh. Armagh is located in Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom along with England, Scotland and Wales.
Pink flowers grow up next to security spikes along the top of a wall off Abbey Street. More than a decade after the signing of the Belfast Agreement, the security spikes can still be seen along many walls in town.
- A small, chipped plaque, a memorial to a teenager killed during the early years of the Troubles, graces the side of an empty brick wall along a dead end street in a Catholic neighborhood. Memorials of various size and form, from plaques and murals to statues, can be found strewn throughout neighborhoods of the town.
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