‘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.
21. Nell McCafferty's funeral cortege makes it way from the grounds of the Long Tower.
Nell McCafferty's funeral cortege makes it way from the grounds of the Long Tower. Photo: Kevin Mullan
22. Mourners at the funeral of journalist and activist Nell McCafferty at the Long Tower Church on Friday afternoon.
Mourners at the funeral of journalist and activist Nell McCafferty at the Long Tower Church on Friday afternoon. Photo: Kevin Mullan
23. Members of Nell's family follow the hearse from the grounds of the Long Tower following her Requiem Mass.
Members of Nell's family follow the hearse from the grounds of the Long Tower following her Requiem Mass. Photo: Kevin Mullan
24. Nell McCafferty's funeral cortege makes it way from the grounds of the Long Tower.
Nell McCafferty's funeral cortege makes it way from the grounds of the Long Tower. Photo: Kevin Mullan