Thousands pay respects to Cardinal Cahal

Thousands of people turned out

lamp Down and Connor, who blessed the coffin with

holy water and incense. His auxiliaries were Bishop

Anthony Farquhar, and Bishop Donal McKeown. Also in

attendance was Bishop Emeritus Patrick Walsh, and

Cardinal Desmond Connell, from the Dublin Archdiocese.
Rev Houston McKelvey from the Church of Ireland was

also there and gave the scripture reading during the

ceremony for the 92-year-old.

The psalms, Schola Cantorum, were sung by brothers Rev

Fr Eugene and Martin O'Hagan, also known as two thirds

of The Singing Priests. One of the last things

Cardinal Daly did before he fell ill was to have his

photograph taken with the recording sensations.

A homily was delivered by Very Rev Edward O'Donnell, a

former secretary to the Cardinal who is now a parish

priest at St Anne's Parish, Belfast.

In his address, Rev O'Donnell said Cardinal Daly

"lived with the profound realisation that his witness

as a Christian, and his ministry as a bishop, would be

hopelessly inadequate if he did not understand the

call to holiness as a deeply personal call to live in

the friendship of Christ Jesus".

One of the coffin bearers was Rev Fr Brian Daly, a

nephew of the cardinal and parish priest in Cushendall

and Cushendun.

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