Mourners hear of Fr Edward Daly’s outstanding courage
As a young cleric, the future Bishop of Derry waved a blood-stained white rag as a symbol of ceasefire as he led a mortally injured teenage civil rights protester to safety under British army fire in January 1972.
The peacemaker and staunch opponent of all violence died on Monday aged 82. President Michael D Higgins and Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness were among mourners at a Requiem Mass at St Eugene’s Cathedral in Derry.
