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Bogside'wasfought andoverin
heldnthe OmaghDistrict Council
missed'by'all.
SouthDerrystandstheNew-
on Tuesday evening, with Chair-
In contrast tothe tours of pre
bridgehousebythesideol.the
person
FranceyMackieand
vious years,the crown torces
roadstillmarkedbythebullet
SeamasKerrofSinnFeinpre-
kept a low'profile.More mis-
holesfromtheSA'Smurderof
sentingmedallions,plaquesand
givings
were
probably
Francis'Bambi'Bradley.
gratitude,to the contingent in
generated by the buses.theni-
Clearly,this was a tourwith
frontof'thecamerasofthepress.
selves,cramped and clunky old
a twist.
Thefollowingday,SinnFein's
coaches,nearly overcome by
The1987IrishPeopletour
Paul Corrigan,Chairperson ot
several hills,instead ofviceversa.
leftDublinforBelfast'onSatur-
But,uue Irishrepublicanbuses,
day afternoon,August lst.
they endured.Chugging up the
SponsoredbytheIrishPeople
longhillintoCastlewellan,they
newspaper and Sinn Fein,the
aflordedplentyottimetoadmire
tourisdifferentindeed,designedto
the.wa!l graffiti:IRA,""Provos.”
demonstratefirst-handtoAmeri-
"Brits ou!
canswhatlifeislikeunderBritish
Throughout thetour,the graf
rule inoccupied Ireland.Eleven
fiti andmagniticentwall murals
daysoftoursineachoftheSix
were adimured One simply-and
Counties,meetings with local
largely-scrawled line inDerry
nationalistleaders,living with
summedthenup:TheIRAare
localfamilies,socialeventsand
heretoputright agreatwrong
workshops accomplish that.In-
Storiesrelatedby localsover
steadofoldfarmers'wavingfrom
latecupsof'teatoldfirst-handof
donkey carts,the Irish People
theRUC'sgleefulinterrogation/
"tourist" encounters uniformed
torture tactics,frame-ups and
forcesofthecrownwaving-aut-
longprison sentences,destruc-
omatic weapons.Waris the reality
tive house raids,shoot-to-kill and
INA'SPaul Murray
ofliteunderBritishruleinthe
terror.Away'tromthegroup,
Six Counties,a tragedy and suf-
the Fermanagh'District Coun-
alonewithlocal tamilies,some
fering swept under the blarney
cil.hosted a civicreception for
Americansglimpsedforthem-
stoneofBordFailteandthc26
allthe.tourmembersin theomate
selves abusive house raids and
County establishment.
Enniskillen.TownHall.
checkpoints.RUCraidersin one
InBelfast,there was some
Wired Up
Derryhomewere surprised by
howonlyonememberofparlia-
TheIrishPeopletourwasnick-
thepresence of anAmerican and
mentonhand'togreetthe52
named the"terror tourists"by
became-especially abusive.He
Americans,Sinn Fein Presi-
anuninformed(Britishintomed)
remembers the child of three,
dent Gerry Adams,.but his
American.press.The depth of
standingshivering in his under
welcomewaswarm.Allthewek
theirIrishvisionwasillustrated
wearsaying,Mammy,where
comestocomewerejustawamm,in
againthisyearwhen.areporter
are they taking Daddy?
SouthDeryonSunday,tollowed
foroneot'themajorwireservices
British Cancer
by South Armagh,the Ennis-stationedin London-askedthe
in.EnniskillenandatBelfast's
killenareaofFermanaghand·IrishPeopletoschedulethisyears
intemmentdayrally,PaulMurray
Derry city.
"spectacular"theappearance
ofINA'sNationaiBoard.won
Two of'the warmest were theof IrishNorthernAid'sMartin
deredwhytheirishshould have
2
oflicial welcomesinOmaghand GalvinortheIRA-forwhen he
tobethe onlynationtofighufor
Fermanagh; where the successcould be there.
heir freedomunamed,andsaid
oftheballotboxandArmalite
So.far asis known,the wire
thatforeveryAmericanonthe
strategywasdemonstrateddram
servicemanmissed thegreetings
tour,thousandsmore athome
aticallytthetour.Anofticial
from the armed IRAVolunteer
suppored armed Irish resis-'
DaA).
mronticn.toraJNA.dalen
(Conmued jrom Puge 1.)
menandwomen of'thelrishand another housetulof tears
RepublicanArmy.
wasshed.Attheplasticbullet
tance.At Crossmaglen.
Pro
workshop in Beltast a wgck.later.
lessor SeamusMetressot Ohio
'The most eloquent indictments
Brenda Downes lamenied her
lauded theTRAastheinstru-
of'theeviloftheBritishpresence
child leftwithouta father,while
ment to remoye theBritish can-
were not giyen in speeches,how-
young BrianStewart'smother
cerfrom theIrish body.Nassau
ever.At the firstBelfast social,
pleadedthatnomorechildren
County Comptroller Peter King
the motherof hunger-striker Kieran
have todie.These,andthemute
challenged Americans"who say
/Doherty came to the stage. "I
testmony of'the many graves of
theysupport freedomfighters 1o
don't sing much anymore." she
Irishmartyrsvisitedbythetour.
cometoBelfast and'support.the
said."but I'll singKieran’s song
were_all theindictmentsneeded
Bogside'wasfought andoverin
heldnthe OmaghDistrict Council
missed'by'all.
SouthDerrystandstheNew-
on Tuesday evening, with Chair-
In contrast tothe tours of pre
bridgehousebythesideol.the
person
FranceyMackieand
vious years,the crown torces
roadstillmarkedbythebullet
SeamasKerrofSinnFeinpre-
kept a low'profile.More mis-
holesfromtheSA'Smurderof
sentingmedallions,plaquesand
givings
were
probably
Francis'Bambi'Bradley.
gratitude,to the contingent in
generated by the buses.theni-
Clearly,this was a tourwith
frontof'thecamerasofthepress.
selves,cramped and clunky old
a twist.
Thefollowingday,SinnFein's
coaches,nearly overcome by
The1987IrishPeopletour
Paul Corrigan,Chairperson ot
several hills,instead ofviceversa.
leftDublinforBelfast'onSatur-
But,uue Irishrepublicanbuses,
day afternoon,August lst.
they endured.Chugging up the
SponsoredbytheIrishPeople
longhillintoCastlewellan,they
newspaper and Sinn Fein,the
aflordedplentyottimetoadmire
tourisdifferentindeed,designedto
the.wa!l graffiti:IRA,""Provos.”
demonstratefirst-handtoAmeri-
"Brits ou!
canswhatlifeislikeunderBritish
Throughout thetour,the graf
rule inoccupied Ireland.Eleven
fiti andmagniticentwall murals
daysoftoursineachoftheSix
were adimured One simply-and
Counties,meetings with local
largely-scrawled line inDerry
nationalistleaders,living with
summedthenup:TheIRAare
localfamilies,socialeventsand
heretoputright agreatwrong
workshops accomplish that.In-
Storiesrelatedby localsover
steadofoldfarmers'wavingfrom
latecupsof'teatoldfirst-handof
donkey carts,the Irish People
theRUC'sgleefulinterrogation/
"tourist" encounters uniformed
torture tactics,frame-ups and
forcesofthecrownwaving-aut-
longprison sentences,destruc-
omatic weapons.Waris the reality
tive house raids,shoot-to-kill and
INA'SPaul Murray
ofliteunderBritishruleinthe
terror.Away'tromthegroup,
Six Counties,a tragedy and suf-
the Fermanagh'District Coun-
alonewithlocal tamilies,some
fering swept under the blarney
cil.hosted a civicreception for
Americansglimpsedforthem-
stoneofBordFailteandthc26
allthe.tourmembersin theomate
selves abusive house raids and
County establishment.
Enniskillen.TownHall.
checkpoints.RUCraidersin one
InBelfast,there was some
Wired Up
Derryhomewere surprised by
howonlyonememberofparlia-
TheIrishPeopletourwasnick-
thepresence of anAmerican and
mentonhand'togreetthe52
named the"terror tourists"by
became-especially abusive.He
Americans,Sinn Fein Presi-
anuninformed(Britishintomed)
remembers the child of three,
dent Gerry Adams,.but his
American.press.The depth of
standingshivering in his under
welcomewaswarm.Allthewek
theirIrishvisionwasillustrated
wearsaying,Mammy,where
comestocomewerejustawamm,in
againthisyearwhen.areporter
are they taking Daddy?
SouthDeryonSunday,tollowed
foroneot'themajorwireservices
British Cancer
by South Armagh,the Ennis-stationedin London-askedthe
in.EnniskillenandatBelfast's
killenareaofFermanaghand·IrishPeopletoschedulethisyears
intemmentdayrally,PaulMurray
Derry city.
"spectacular"theappearance
ofINA'sNationaiBoard.won
Two of'the warmest were theof IrishNorthernAid'sMartin
deredwhytheirishshould have
2
oflicial welcomesinOmaghand GalvinortheIRA-forwhen he
tobethe onlynationtofighufor
Fermanagh; where the successcould be there.
heir freedomunamed,andsaid
oftheballotboxandArmalite
So.far asis known,the wire
thatforeveryAmericanonthe
strategywasdemonstrateddram
servicemanmissed thegreetings
tour,thousandsmore athome
aticallytthetour.Anofticial
from the armed IRAVolunteer
suppored armed Irish resis-'
DaA).
mronticn.toraJNA.dalen
(Conmued jrom Puge 1.)
menandwomen of'thelrishand another housetulof tears
RepublicanArmy.
wasshed.Attheplasticbullet
tance.At Crossmaglen.
Pro
workshop in Beltast a wgck.later.
lessor SeamusMetressot Ohio
'The most eloquent indictments
Brenda Downes lamenied her
lauded theTRAastheinstru-
of'theeviloftheBritishpresence
child leftwithouta father,while
ment to remoye theBritish can-
were not giyen in speeches,how-
young BrianStewart'smother
cerfrom theIrish body.Nassau
ever.At the firstBelfast social,
pleadedthatnomorechildren
County Comptroller Peter King
the motherof hunger-striker Kieran
have todie.These,andthemute
challenged Americans"who say
/Doherty came to the stage. "I
testmony of'the many graves of
theysupport freedomfighters 1o
don't sing much anymore." she
Irishmartyrsvisitedbythetour.
cometoBelfast and'support.the
said."but I'll singKieran’s song
were_all theindictmentsneeded