Just returned from his wake house. What a wonderful family, humble and proud. They said he never spoke about his strike of 54 days without food, or the events which lead to the second strike in 1981 in which ten men died.

His mother showed me some of the wonderful poetry he wrote in recent years. A lot of it expressed his troubled mind. He will be laid to rest tomorrow in a most peaceful setting, St, Mary's Church yard in Ravensdale.

The suffering is now over Sean.