Although St. Anne’s is a Church of Ireland church, the service was ecumenical, officiated by a Protestant dean and a Catholic priest. The priest, Martin Magill, told the mourners, “I commend our political leaders for standing together in Creggan on Good Friday,” the day after the murder. “There is a younger generation coming up in the town and they don’t need guns put in their hands,” Magill said. Patrick Kielty, a comedian from Northern Ireland whose father was murdered by the IRA, wrote on Twitter: “Today Lyra McKee is laid to rest. And her truth will continue to be told.”Speaking at the beginning of the service, the Dean of St. Anne’s, the Very Rev.

Source: National Post April 24, 2019 17:48 UTC