Londonderry, UK. 10th Jan, 2016. Funeral of Civil Rights veteran Paddy Doherty held in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK. 10th January 2016. The coffin of veteran civil rights activist, 89 year – old Paddy Doherty, better known as “Paddy Bogside”, draped with a green harp flag, is carried into St Eugene’s Cathedral in Derry on Sunday morning for Requiem Mass. Credit: George Sweeney/Alamy Live News
Funeral of Civil Rights veteran Paddy Doherty held in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK. 10th January 2016. The coffin of veteran civil rights activist, 89 year – old Paddy Doherty, better known as “Paddy Bogside”, draped with a green harp flag, is carried into St Eugene’s Cathedral in Derry on Sunday morning for Requiem Mass. As vice-chairman of the Derry Citizens Defence Association (DCDA) he was influential in the events which culminated in the so-called Battle of the Bogside in 1969 during which British troops were brought onto the streets of Northern Ireland for the first time. ©George Sweeney / Alamy Live News
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