Max HeyraudOn Sunday, September 21, the International Day of Peace and the autumn equinox, Ireland’s music and arts community will gather in Dublin for a Solidarity March for Palestine.
The event, titled A Song for Palestine, begins at 1pm outside the Custom House on Custom House Quay, where artists, families, and supporters will unite in song and movement to bear witness to the ongoing genocide, famine, and humanitarian crisis in Palestine.
Starting at the Custom House, participants will cross Talbot Bridge, walk along the Liffey, pass the Famine Memorial in tribute, cross the Samuel Beckett (Harp) Bridge, and return to Custom House Quay. Along the way, the crowd will sing together, accompanied by instruments, voices, and the sounds of solidarity.
Organisers explain: “We march as ordinary people, artists, families, and neighbours, raising a song that carries across the wind, across the water, across the bridges, and across the sea to Palestine.”
The event is framed as both a protest and a prayer. “We ordinary people will gather le chéile with artists, musicians, supporters of the arts, heart to heart, soul to soul, for a Solidarity March… sending this prayer and song to the ears, the hearts and souls of the Palestinians. Letting them know in song: You are not alone.”
The initiative is supported by Regina O’Connor (Independent Board Director, solicitor, and author of The Reasons Why), Bronagh Hinds CBE (women’s rights advocate and co-founder of the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition, participant in the Good Friday Agreement), and other figures from Ireland’s cultural and activist communities.
