Miriam Lord: Grizzled ‘republican family’ veterans turn out for IRA bomber Rose Dugdale’s funeral

Former IRA member Marion Coyle , folds the Tricolour over the coffin of veteran republican Rose Dugdale, at the Crematorium Chapel in Glasnevin, Dublin ahead of her funeral service on Wednesday. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish TimesThey had to wait for the funeral in front to clear before their service – the last in a crowded schedule could begin.

Milk-churn bombs dropped from a helicopter; improvised armour rocket launchers packed with digestive biscuits to absorb the recoil; explosions in the City of London which killed five people, including a 15-year-old girl; a multimillion pound art heist carried out by an armed gang – presumably all part of what former Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson described as “the tapestry of Irish freedom” in which “Rose’s legacy will be forever intertwined”.

A piper waited for the arrival of the remains as two women in high-vis jackets circulated, handing out Easter lilies to mourners who forgot to wear them. Jim Monaghan , one of the Colombia Three and Rose Dugdale's partner; to the right, Marion Coyle, former member of the IRA who was involved in the kidnaping of industrialist Tiede Herrema, and Ruairí Gallagher , son of Rose Dugdale, at her funeral. Photograph: Alan Betson

The small building was packed to overflowing with many mourners standing outside in the cold. Anderson presided over the ceremony.

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