AN anti-protocol rally failed to attract a predicted 500 protesters - with only a fraction turning up.
Organisers had notified the Parades Commission and said they expected up to 500 people to attend the event in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh.
Similar events in other areas, which were unnotified, have attracted hundreds of paticipants and supporters.
Speakers at the locally organised event included TUV leader Jim Allister and loyalist Jamie Bryson.
A band led protesters from the Derrychara Road and paraded through the town to the car park at Enniskillen Castle where they heard calls for an end to the protocol.
The relatively low turn out later prompted a flurry of activity on social media with some nationalists suggesting it was evidence of little support.
Commentator and Irish News columnist Chris Donnelly last night said the "objective has been to use the protests to demonstrate the harm that has been caused to Northern Irish society.
"The loyalist organisers had hoped they would be able to galvanise support by marrying it to the loyalist parades through the marching season.
"I think what's very interesting is how they have struggled, they have really struggled to get the numbers out and to maintain a momentum."
Mr Bryson dismissed suggestions that anti-protocol protests were struggling to attract support.
"I dont think its fair to say there's a low number," he said.
"There's different protests in different areas that attract different amounts of people at different times.
"I know some protests have attracted 3,000 people, some have attracted 70, some have attracted, like (Wednesday) night, 120."
He added that people will show their anger at the protocol "in different ways" and believes unionist politicians have a huge part to play.
