Crime – Ballymurphy Massacre – Father Hugh Mullan – Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church, Belfast

Mourners file past the coffin of Father Hugh Mullan, at Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church on the Ballymurphy estate after Requiem Mass. Father Hugh, 37, was killed during Monday night's bloodbath in Belfast, which occurred after the announcement of internment of terrorists, after attempting to give last rites to a wounded parishioner. He was curate of St John's in Falls Road and he will be buried in his home town of Portaferry in County Down, Northern Ireland. Ref #: PA.19448814 Date: 11/08/1971