Marking Lelia Doolan’s walk for peace from Shannon to Dublin, John Maguire wrote this song –

MÚSCAIL DO NEODRACHT, A BHANBA!

AMHRÁN LELIA ( Fonn: ‘Trasna na dTonnta’)

Curfá:
Trasna na tíre ’tá Lelia ag siúl,
Saying ‘Farewell to fear, we’ll no longer be fooled;
Bunreacht na hÉireann is our golden rule:
Múscail do Neodracht, a Bhanba!’

Our Irish Peace Process was patiently built,
Hopefully helping out history tilt
Away from the cultures of hatred and guilt
Le casadh ó bhealach an díoltais.
Is Shannon a morally Duty Free Zone
For guns and rendition of ‘persons unknown’,
Where human compassion and conscience have flown?
Mo náire, mo náire, a Rialtais!

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Muintir na hÉireann, is leosan an cheist:
We’ve known occupation, and we’ve been oppressed.
Our way is not with the Big Guns of the West
Or with any who threaten and kill.
Idir Gaillimh is Gaza is láidir an téad;
Let our word be our bond, by refusing to trade
In goods by colonial settlers made:
It’s time for enacting that Bill!Curfá

We salute the Blue Helmets on Lelia’s Walk,
And we aren’t overwhelmed by deceptive war-talk;
Is coir é an cogadh, rud soiléir do chách –
A lesson our leaders aren’t learning!
They made us a promise at Lisbon and Nice;
Can they now take it from us, and paint war as peace?
Níl gá le foréigean, níl gá le faitíos –
And meanwhile our planet is burning!

Curfá

Written by John Maguire, March 2026

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