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President of Ireland Michael D Higgins was among mourners who joined Longley’s family at Saturday’s service in All Souls Church in Belfast.
The renowned poet died in hospital at the age of 85 on January 22.
A representative of Taoiseach Micheal Martin also attended the funeral, as did SDLP leader and family friend Claire Hanna.
Longley won a number of awards, including the TS Eliot Prize, the Feltrinelli International Prize and the Whitbread Poetry Prize.
He was made a CBE in 2010 and was awarded the freedom of Belfast.
Among his best-known work is the 1994 poem Ceasefire, inspired by the then-ceasefires in his native Northern Ireland and the search for peace and reconciliation.
Longley met Queen Camilla when she visited Hillsborough Castle in Co Down last year for a poetry event.
Reverend Chris Hudson from All Souls Church said Longley had managed to enter people’s consciousness.
He said: “That is a noble place for the poet to be.
“The poet touches the soul of people. Preachers and politicians can make speeches or sermons that use thousands of words to touch our imagination, but the poet can manage with few yet go straight to the heart, such as Michael.”
President Higgins led the tributes to Longley after his death was announced last month, saying he would “be recognised as one of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced, and it has long been my belief that his work is of the level that would be befitting of a Nobel Prize for Literature”.
Roisin McDonough, the chief executive of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, said Longley had been a “towering figure” of Northern Ireland arts for 60 years.
She added: “He was one of our truly great poets, one of the most respected and influential of his generation, his name spoken alongside Heaney, Carson and Mahon, all of whom are sadly now no longer with us.
“We have lost a guide, a friend, an inspiration, but his poetry will last – and it will be cherished by generations to come.”
Longley is survived by his wife, Edna, and children Rebecca, Daniel and Sarah.
Church’s plan to fork out £100million in slavery reparations might not be legal, think tank claims
A CHURCH of England plan to pay £100million slavery reparations is legally dubious, a think tank report claims.
The controversial Project Spire proposal is said to go beyond the Church Commissioners’ lawful powers and charitable purpose.
It is “poorly justified and historically uninformed” and will divert money intended for struggling parish churches, the Policy Exchange report argues
One of the authors, the Rev Prof Nigel Biggar, said: “The British were among the first peoples in the history of the world to abolish both the slave trade and slavery.
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Ethan Rafferty takes advantage of new gaelic football rules to help Armagh seal statement win over Tyrone in Division 1
GOALKEEPER Ethan Rafferty scored five points as rampant Armagh saw off Tyrone at the Athletic Grounds last night.
The Grange clubman helped the All-Ireland SFC champions claim a seven-point win over the Red Hands — showcasing what stoppers can do under the new rules.
He even scored a brace of two-pointers for Kieran McGeeney’s troops under the lights — despite not being picked to start until late on.
After losing their NFL Division 1 opener against Galway last weekend, Armagh were a transformed team.
And it was quite the time for them to do it as they played in front of 14,336 jubilant fans — likely still on a high from their Sam Maguire success last year.
With a strong wind in their favour during the opening half, the Orchard romped to a 1-14 to 0-3 lead against a stunned Tyrone side, with Andrew Murnin scoring their goal.
The Red Hands were comfortable winners over league champions Derry in their first game.
But they were outplayed and outclassed by an Armagh side who attacked relentlessly from the first whistle.
And the late inclusion of Rafferty proved a masterstroke — with the goalkeeper looking like he is tailor-made to play under the new rules.
With the wind at the Orchard’s backs in the opening spell, their intent to go for two-pointers was obvious.
Rafferty scored 0-4 of Armagh’s first-half total from two long-range scores.
And with Aidan Forker and Ross McQuillan also scoring from outside the arc, Armagh managed a whopping eight points from four two-pointers before the break.
It would have been more if it was not for Niall Morgan getting his hand to an effort from Murnin — which reduced the score to one point.
Tyrone were well off the pace in a first half dominated by the All-Ireland champions, back on home soil for the first time since lifting Sam last summer.
And Kieran McGeeney’s side delivered with a performance that was brimming with confidence, cohesion and a new-found understanding of the new rules which seemed to be lacking in Salthill last weekend.
Murnin’s goal came after 20 minutes. After Armagh claimed a Tyrone kickout, Oisín Conaty threaded a pass through to Rory Grugan who squared the ball across to Murnin — who flew in at the back post to palm it beyond Morgan.
Armagh led 1-5 to 0-1 at that point, with Tyrone taking 16 minutes to register their first point through Shea O’Hare.
Tyrone had plenty of the ball but were reluctant to shoot into the wind and looked dejected as they sloped off at half-time trailing by 14 points,
They were going to have to shoot the lights out to have any hope of making the second half competitive.
But Armagh quickly showed they were in no mood to allow them back into it.
Within nine second-half minutes, they had scored a further four points — more than Tyrone had managed in the entire opening period.
Darren McCurry at least got the scoreboard ticking over with a pair of two-point frees to get Tyrone into double figures.
Liam Gray, sub Eoin McElholm and a two-pointer from play from Michael McKernan soon reduced the deficit to a more respectable eight points with just under ten minutes to play.
But they could only cut the deficit to seven points by the end as Armagh managed the game well and stayed in control of it.
ARMAGH: E Rafferty 0-5, 2tp; T McCormack 0-1, B McCambridge, J Duffy; Connaire Mackin, A Forker 0-2, 1 tp, G McCabe; B Crealey, R McQuillan 0-3, 1 tp; O Conaty 0-1, R Grugan 0-1f, D McMullan 0-1; J Hall 0-1, A Murnin 1-4, C Turbitt 0-4, 1f. Subs: S Campbell for McQuillan 55 mins; C McConville for Grugan 65; J Og Burns for Mackin 68.
TYRONE: N Morgan; A Clarke, P Teague, N Devlin; F Burns, M McKernan 0-4, 2tp, S O’Hare 0-2; B Kennedy 0-1, L Gray 0-1; S O’Donnell 0-2, K McGeary 0-1, A Donaghy; D McCurry 0-6, 2f, 2tpf, M Donnelly, R Cassidy. Subs: C Kilpatrick for Donaghy h-t; E McElholm 0-1 for Cassidy h-t; R Brennan for Burns 46 mins; C Daly for Gray 47. C McShane for Donnelly 63.
REFEREE: J McQuillan (Cavan).