A year on, Martin McGuinness’s legacy still provokes mixed reaction

In Derry, he is being recast in Irish chieftain mould, in keeping with Republican tradition

Former US president Bill Clinton has paid an emotional tribute to Martin McGuinness, the former Sinn Féin deputy first minister and ex-IRA commander at his funeral in a packed St Columba's Church in Derry. Video: Alan Betson

In Derry, the dead keep watch over the living. Perched high on the Creggan hillside, the headstones in the City Cemetery look down over Derry and its landmarks – the River Foyle, the city walls, and the Bogside.

In the last year another monument has been added to their number, a Celtic cross marking the grave of Martin McGuinness.

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