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Michaela McAreavey In Photos: A Public Funeral

by | 17th, January 2011

HOW do you write about Michaela McAreavey, the young woman murdered on her honeymoon? Do you focus on the killers? Do you just broadcast photos of the funeral cortege making its way to St Malachy’s church for her funeral from her parents’ home in Ballygawley, Co Tyrone? Do you show it all because Irish President Mary McAleese, the leader of Ireland’s Catholics, Dr Seán Brady, and the deputy first minister of Northern Ireland, Martin McGuinness were among the mourners and the dead woman’s father is Tyrone GAA manager Mickey Harte? Sometimes just showing is enough…

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Michaela McAreaveyÕs father Mickey Harte (left) and widower John McAreavey (right) follow her coffin as it is carried to St Malachy's church in Ballygawley, Co Tyrone, for her funeral. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday January 17, 2011. Irish President Mary McAleese was among those who attended the funeral of Tyrone GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) manager Mickey Harte's daughter. Many others followed the cortege from the family home in bright winter sunshine. It was one of the biggest funerals in Northern Ireland for several years, with political and community representatives from all sides attending. See PA story IRISH Mauritius. Photo credit should read: Niall Carson/PA Wire



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