Derry socialist and campaigner Colm Bryce to be laid to rest in west Donegal
The writer and academic passed away in London after a battle with cancer
Derry socialist and campaigner Colm Bryce is to be laid to rest in Gweedore on Thursday.
Mr Bryce passed away at St Bart's Hospital in London last week after a battle with cancer.
A one-time election candidate for People Before Profit in the city, he has been described as “a passionate and gifted communicator of socialist ideas” and “a warrior in the struggle against the oppression of his fellow human beings locally and globally”.
The writer and academic had been based in Glasgow in recent years and in 2022 published the book, Little Donegal – The Irish in the Gorbals and Govanhill.
His commital is to take place in Maghergallon cemetery in Gweedore on Thursday.
Mr Bryce is survived by his wife Julie, his children Nina and Colm Luka, their mother Jenny Witt, his parents Colm and Rosaleen and his brothers and sisters Patricia , Margaret, Donal and Sean.