Republicans all over the country were saddened to hear of the untimely death of Bogside Republican and Ex-Pow Jim Gallagher who died suddenly earlier this week.
Jim was a lifelong Republican who was imprisoned by the British for his Republican beliefs.
Jim was a member of the Republican Network for Unity and was a highly respected Republican, and this was proven by the large crowd that accompanied his remains back to his home on Tuesday night.
As the cortege reached Jim's home his tricolour draped coffin was placed on trestles. Out of the darkness 3 Republican Volunteers stepped forward and gave Jim a fitting send off that any Republican would be proud of. The large crowd gave a rapturous applause as the volunteers fired a volley of shots over Jims coffin.
Requiem Mass will be celebrated in St Columba's Church, Long Tower, on Thursday morning.
"The volley which we have just heard is the only speech which it is proper to make above the grave of a dead Fenian.’
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