VIDEO: Brian Friel buried near town he loved so well

Literary great Brian Friel was buried yesterday on a hillside outside a Co Donegal town where many of his works were set.

The people of Glenties lined the streets to say a final farewell to the playwright who put their town on the world stage with such productions as Dancing at Lughnasa and Translations.

Stunning October sunshine lit up the hills, fields, and rivers of Donegal as Friel was taken from his home at Greencastle on the Inishowen Peninsula for the hour and a half long journey to his resting place in Glenties.