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| Stephen Rea carries Dolours Price's coffin at funeral in Belfast | Stephen Rea carries Dolours Price's coffin at funeral in Belfast |
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| The Hollywood star Stephen Rea has carried the coffin of his former wife, the IRA Old Bailey bomber Dolours Price, at her funeral. | The Hollywood star Stephen Rea has carried the coffin of his former wife, the IRA Old Bailey bomber Dolours Price, at her funeral. |
| The former IRA hunger striker was buried in Milltown cemetery in her native west Belfast after requiem mass on Monday morning at St Agnes's church in the Andersonstown area. Rea was married to the IRA veteran for 17 years. | The former IRA hunger striker was buried in Milltown cemetery in her native west Belfast after requiem mass on Monday morning at St Agnes's church in the Andersonstown area. Rea was married to the IRA veteran for 17 years. |
| She was found dead at her home in north Dublin last Wednesday night. Gardaí said they did not suspect foul play. | She was found dead at her home in north Dublin last Wednesday night. Gardaí said they did not suspect foul play. |
| The former MP for the area, the Sinn Féin president, Gerry Adams, did not attend the funeral as the pair had clashed over the party's direction in recent years. | The former MP for the area, the Sinn Féin president, Gerry Adams, did not attend the funeral as the pair had clashed over the party's direction in recent years. |
| Price had claimed in several media interviews that Adams was her IRA commander when she was ordered to drive the mother-of-10 Jean McConville to her death at a secret location over the border in the Irish Republic in 1972. Adams vehemently denies any role in the death and disappearance of the widow, as well as protesting he was never in the IRA. | Price had claimed in several media interviews that Adams was her IRA commander when she was ordered to drive the mother-of-10 Jean McConville to her death at a secret location over the border in the Irish Republic in 1972. Adams vehemently denies any role in the death and disappearance of the widow, as well as protesting he was never in the IRA. |
| Hundreds of republicans flocked to Price's funeral, although her sister Marian was unable to attend because she is being held in prison on charges of alleged dissident republican activity. | Hundreds of republicans flocked to Price's funeral, although her sister Marian was unable to attend because she is being held in prison on charges of alleged dissident republican activity. |
| The sisters were jailed for their part in the 1973 bombing of the Old Bailey in which one man died of a heart attack after helping to clear the area around central London. Two hundred people were injured in the explosion, which marked the start of the provisional IRA's bombing campaign in Britain. | The sisters were jailed for their part in the 1973 bombing of the Old Bailey in which one man died of a heart attack after helping to clear the area around central London. Two hundred people were injured in the explosion, which marked the start of the provisional IRA's bombing campaign in Britain. |
| The pair went on hunger strike and were force-fed as they tried to compel the authorities to repatriate them back to Northern Ireland. The Price sisters were eventually transferred to Armagh women's jail. | The pair went on hunger strike and were force-fed as they tried to compel the authorities to repatriate them back to Northern Ireland. The Price sisters were eventually transferred to Armagh women's jail. |
| Father Raymond Murray, who had been prison chaplain at Armagh jail, told mourners that Price and her sister were like twins. He said: "Dolours's family can relate her nature and her talent, both of which is outside the knowledge and understanding of those who did not know her personally. She was clever and witty, full of fun and held people enthralled by her conversation." | Father Raymond Murray, who had been prison chaplain at Armagh jail, told mourners that Price and her sister were like twins. He said: "Dolours's family can relate her nature and her talent, both of which is outside the knowledge and understanding of those who did not know her personally. She was clever and witty, full of fun and held people enthralled by her conversation." |
| Marian and Dolours Price became unrepentant republican hardliners who denounced Sinn Féin for, in their minds, "selling out" during the peace process. | Marian and Dolours Price became unrepentant republican hardliners who denounced Sinn Féin for, in their minds, "selling out" during the peace process. |
| Dolours Price was one of 25 ex-paramilitaries who gave detailed testimony to Boston College's Belfast project, which archives the memoirs of key republicans and loyalists during the Troubles. The project's founder, Ed Moloney, and his researcher, the ex-IRA prisoner turned writer Anthony McIntyre, have so far declined to release Price's taped interviews, which are the subject of a supreme court battle in the US. The Police Service of Northern Ireland has gone through the courts system in America to seize some of the Boston College material as part of their investigation into the McConville murder. | Dolours Price was one of 25 ex-paramilitaries who gave detailed testimony to Boston College's Belfast project, which archives the memoirs of key republicans and loyalists during the Troubles. The project's founder, Ed Moloney, and his researcher, the ex-IRA prisoner turned writer Anthony McIntyre, have so far declined to release Price's taped interviews, which are the subject of a supreme court battle in the US. The Police Service of Northern Ireland has gone through the courts system in America to seize some of the Boston College material as part of their investigation into the McConville murder. |
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