Adams helps carry coffin of veteran republican Meehan

SINN FÉIN president Gerry Adams and deputy first minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness carried the coffin of a veteran republican at his funeral in the North yesterday.

Adams helps carry coffin of veteran republican Meehan
Wed, 07 Nov, 2007 - 00:00
Ian Graham

Martin Meehan, who at one time was a significant figure in the IRA in Ardoyne in north Belfast, died after a heart attack at the weekend, aged 62.

Seán Kelly, the IRA man jailed for the Shankill Road bombing, carried the coffin for a period also.

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