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Thousands walk for charity in memory of Martin McGuinness

Sinn Féin: cross-Border trek from Derry to Burt, Co Donegal attracts more than 3,000

Martin McGuinness waves to supporters during a Reclaim 1916 parade. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Martin McGuinness waves to supporters during a Reclaim 1916 parade. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Freya McClements
Mon Mar 26 2018 - 16:24

Thousands of people have walked from Derry to the stone ring fort of Grianán an Aileach in Burt, Co Donegal, in memory of Martin McGuinness.

The former IRA commander, Sinn Féin politician and deputy first minister of Northern Ireland died a year ago, aged 66.

Sinn Féin said that more 3,000 people took part in the Chieftain's Walk to raise money for the North West Cancer Centre in Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry.

Noraid leader Martin Galvin (right), banned from Northern Ireland by the Home Secretary, standing alongside Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, as the two men acted as pall-bearers at the Derry funeral of IRA man Charles English, 1985. Photograph: PA
Noraid leader Martin Galvin (right), banned from Northern Ireland by the Home Secretary, standing alongside Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, as the two men acted as pall-bearers at the Derry funeral of IRA man Charles English, 1985. Photograph: PA

Among those who took part were the Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald and former president Gerry Adams, as well as other Sinn Féin politicians and members of the McGuinness family.

Freya McClements

Freya McClements

Freya McClements is Northern Editor of The Irish Times