‘Very few journalists change the world but Nell McCafferty did and Ireland is a better place because she was in it’, her friend and comrade Eamonn McCann told mourners in the chapel.
“She was always on the side of the downtrodden and always on the side of the outlaws. That's where she was most comfortable with – the outlaws,” he said.
5. A wicker coffin, containing the remains of journalist and activist Nell McCafferty, is brought to the Long Tower Church for Requiem Mass on Friday afternoon. Photo: George Sweeney
A wicker coffin, containing the remains of journalist and activist Nell McCafferty, is brought to the Long Tower Church for Requiem Mass on Friday afternoon. Photo: George Sweeney Photo: George Sweeney
6. Mourners at the funeral of journalist and activist Nell McCafferty at the Long Tower Church on Friday afternoon. Photo: George Sweeney
Mourners at the funeral of journalist and activist Nell McCafferty at the Long Tower Church on Friday afternoon. Photo: George Sweeney Photo: George Sweeney
7. A tribute for journalist and activist Nell McCafferty at the Long Tower Church on Friday afternoon. Photo: George Sweeney
A tribute for journalist and activist Nell McCafferty at the Long Tower Church on Friday afternoon. Photo: George Sweeney Photo: George Sweeney
8. Ciara Ferguson MLA arrives for the Requiem Mass at the Long Tower Church for journalist and activist Nell McCafferty on Friday afternoon. Photo: George Sweeney
Ciara Ferguson MLA arrives for the Requiem Mass at the Long Tower Church for journalist and activist Nell McCafferty on Friday afternoon. Photo: George Sweeney Photo: George Sweeney