(23 Mar 2017) A funeral was under way at Saint Columba's Church in Londonderry for former IRA commander and Sinn Fein deputy leader Martin McGuinness.
McGuinness, who helped lead his militant movement to compromise with British Protestants, died Tuesday at 66.
Crowds of mourners massed outside the church as the ceremony took place.
Thursday's ceremony is the biggest Irish republican funeral since the 1981 death of Irish Republican Army hunger strike leader Bobby Sands.
Among senior leaders in attendance in Derry - as Irish nationalists call the city - are former US President Bill Clinton, and Irish prime minister Enda Kenny.
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