Donegal made it to Shannon.

national | miscellaneous | news report Sunday March 02, 2003 20:01 by Donegal on tour - Donegal Anti War donegaprotest at hotmail dot com

Mediated split misunderstood

Knowing a large amount of those opposing the war would not be able to make it to Shannon, some of us who had no excuse but aversion to a ten hour drive headed with our drums and spirits to the protest at Shannon yesterday.

Knowing a large amount of those opposing the war would not be able to make it to Shannon, some of us who had no excuse but aversion to a ten hour drive headed with our drums and spirits to the protest at Shannon yesterday. Being part of no particular organisation the so called split between members of the Grassroots Org. and the IAWM made absolutely no difference on the day. Everyone to their own we say, and in the end it meant that we could alternate between providing tunes for the fence people and for the front door people. There was, as ever a great atmosphere, plenty of cookies, scones and sandwiches from the "food not Bombs" trolley and a whole lot of spontaneity and creativity that can never be planned, including our impromptu band, trumpet player and all!! We managed to get the riot police to laugh and bang their shields in time with our music as well as the odd smile from some fresh faced graduates not long out of Templemore. Of course this was balanced out by those unflinching, sour faced garda types who resented missing whatever sports fixture they had been forced to miss. We were also blatantly videoed and photographed by an eager Guard, bravely amongst us, ten feet up on the roof! From the way they posed on the roof top I wondered had they missed their calling and appealed for them to throw down their weapons and succumb to their secret fantasy of pursuing a career in the fashion industry.A big cheer to all those who took part in the protest in Donegal town. March 8th Donegal Town again??