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Bishop Edward Daly - Bloody Sunday in Derry
 
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The death has taken place of Catholic Bishop Edward Daly who was present in Derry's Bogside on Bloody Sunday in 1972.
He was filmed, waving a blood-stained handkerchief, as he tried to assist the mortally wounded 17-year-old Jackie Duddy after paratroopers opened fire during a civil rights march killing 13 unarmed civilians. A fourteenth man died later from his injuries.
Edward Daly stated that Irish teenager Duddy was unarmed at the time he was murdered by Private R of Mortar Platoon british army, according to Saville enquiry and report that revealed the british army murdered 14 unarmed Irish civilians and by carrying out this massacre and covering up the truth and denying justice the british crown purposely escalated the conflict in Ireland. (as they had done on many previous occasions, when ever it suited their colonial aims of holding Ireland by terrorist force)
Edward Daly commenting on the british murdering thugs of their supposed crown army heroes.
help for heroes!!!
they call themselves an army
At the time Dr Daly was a 39-year-old curate at St Eugene's Cathedral in Derry and joined the march as it passed the cathedral en route to the city centre.
He was near Jackie when he was shot by soldiers and anointed him and gave him the Last Rites.
Dr Daly and other marchers attempted to bring the teenager to safety with the priest leading the way with a handkerchief in his hand.
From 1974 until 1993, he served as Bishop of Derry and in recent years was chaplain at the Foyle Hospice despite poor health.
He also served as a Diocesan Archivist.
A native of Belleek, Co Fermanagh, he boarded at St Columb's College in Derry and completed his studies for the priesthood at the Irish College in Rome.
He was ordained on 16 March 1957 and his first appointment was a curate in Castlederg, Co Tyrone.
Dr Daly was appointed as a curate in St Eugene's Cathedral in 1962 and in 1973 was appointed as the Religious Advisor to RTÉ.
Aged 82, he was awarded the Freedom of the City by Derry City Council last year.
He died at 9am, with family members by his bedside.
In a statement, Bishop of Derry Donal McKeown said Dr Daly "provided an example of priestly ministry which was exemplary, inspired by service of God and the people he encountered".
He said Dr Daly served, "without concern for himself throughout the traumatic years of the Troubles, finding his ministry shaped by the experience of witnessing violence and its effects; through this dreadful period he always strove to preach the Gospel of the peace of Christ".
Dr McKeown added: "The bishops, priests and people of the diocese were blessed to have such a dedicated and faithful priest among them".
Primate of All Ireland Archbishop Eamon Martin said he had huge admiration for Dr Daly who ordained him in 1987, saying he will "always be grateful for his pastoral guidance, kindness and support".
He described Dr Daly as an iconic figure in the civic and church life of Ireland, north and south and as a pastor took personal interest in those who suffered miscarriages of justice.
"His untiring advocacy for the Birmingham Six, the victims of Bloody Sunday and for the families of those murdered by paramilitaries earned him respect from some, suspicion from others."
Dr Martin said it was a pity that ill-health forced Dr Daly to retire prematurely, but "always a priest, he continued through his hospice ministry and gentle presence to witness to his love for the priesthood, his unfailing duty and service to the Church, and his generosity of heart".
He said: "Bishop Edward will be remembered as a fearless peacebuilder - as exemplified by his courage on Bloody Sunday in Derry - and as a holy and humble faith leader."
Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan has paid tribute to the former Derry bishop, who, he said strove to heal a divided city and was a key advocate for peace in the north of Ireland.
rte.ie/news/2016/0808/807690-bishop-edward-daly/
Ordinary Sunday
The Sunday roast smelled good as I sat down to the table
I could hear my mother singing in the kitchen loud and clear
I joked my son about his latest girl and he turned scarlet red
The way that young boys do when they’re only seventeen
And it was just an ordinary Sunday,
a day of rest and worship for all the family
Just an ordinary Sunday and when that day was done
there was a stone where my heart used to be
Mum had gone out visiting and I stayed home to have a rest
my boy had gone down town with friends to watch the march for peace
Then the afternoon was shattered by the sound of distant firing
and I heard footsteps running to my door and then they ceased
And it was just an ordinary Sunday,
a day of rest and worship for all the family
Just an ordinary Sunday and when that day was done
there was a stone where my heart used to be
I went down to the morgue and found that 12 had been accounted for
But there was just one left that had to be identified
And there on a cold grey table on his wrist an unfilled label
Lay flesh of my flesh with a bullet in his side
And it was just an ordinary Sunday,
a day of rest and worship for all the family
Just an ordinary Sunday and when that day was done
there was a stone where my heart used to be.
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