‘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.
9. Eamonn McCann and Goretti Horgan are greeted by a relative of Nell McCafferty at the Long Tower Church on Friday afternoon. Photo: George Sweeney
Eamonn McCann and Goretti Horgan are greeted by a relative of Nell McCafferty at the Long Tower Church on Friday afternoon. Photo: George Sweeney Photo: George Sweeney
10. Bernadette McAliskey, Mayor Lilian Seenoi Barr and Sinéad McLaughlin MLA arrive for the Requiem Mass at the Long Tower Church for journalist and activist Nell McCafferty on Friday afternoon. Photo: George Sweeney
Bernadette McAliskey, Mayor Lilian Seenoi Barr and Sinéad McLaughlin MLA arrive for the Requiem Mass at the Long Tower Church for journalist and activist Nell McCafferty on Friday afternoon. Photo: George Sweeney Photo: George Sweeney
11. Colr. Sandra Duffy attends the Requiem Mass at the Long Tower Church for journalist and activist Nell McCafferty on Friday afternoon. Photo: George Sweeney
Colr. Sandra Duffy attends the Requiem Mass at the Long Tower Church for journalist and activist Nell McCafferty on Friday afternoon. Photo: George Sweeney Photo: George Sweeney
12. Fr Michael Canny PP, President Higgins’ Aide-De-Camp and Bishop Donal McKeown attend the Requiem Mass at the Long Tower Church for journalist and activist Nell McCafferty on Friday afternoon. Photo: George Sweeney
Fr Michael Canny PP, President Higgins’ Aide-De-Camp and Bishop Donal McKeown attend the Requiem Mass at the Long Tower Church for journalist and activist Nell McCafferty on Friday afternoon. Photo: George Sweeney Photo: George Sweeney