Funeral of Bogside Gaeilgeoir Patrick 'Pat' Leo O'Doherty to take place in Derry

The funeral of Bogside Gaeilgeoir, Patrick 'Pat' Leo O'Doherty, who died in England earlier this month, will take place in Derry this week.

Mr O’Doherty (pictured), a brother of well-known Derry Civil Rights campaigner Fionnbarra, passed away in the Marie Curie Hospice in Hampstead, London on 6 August. He was 80.

An active promoter of the aims of Conradh na Gaeilge (the Gaelic League) over the past six decades, he was widely acknowledged as an enthusiastic tutor to countless Irish language students.

The son of the late Harry and Mary Ellen (formerly 134 Bogside and Prehen, Derry), he is survived by his long-term partner Lynette Broomhead, Hampstead and sisters Anna, Breege, Mary, Kathleen, Pearse, Deirdre and brothers Fionnbarra, Kevin and David.

His remains will repose at Bradley & McLaughlin’s Chapel of Rest, William Street, until wake at the family home, 15 Crawford Square, tomorrow and Tuesday.

Funeral will leave that address on Wednesday at 9.30am to St Eugene’s Cathedral for Requiem Mass at 10.00am.

He will be laid to rest immediately afterwards in the City Cemetery.