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’Murph buries two Blanketmen in one week
Andersonstown News Thursday 7th of November 2008
Two former Blanketmen from Ballymurphy have died in the space of a week.
Cormac Mac Airt, aged 56, who originally came from the Short Strand, passed away last Thursday after a long battle against cancer.
Cormac, an ex-internee and Blanketman, was well known by people from around the country. He was a member of the rearguard in the 1983 escape from the H-Blocks.
He is survived by his wife Cathy and five children.
Jimmy Duffy was one of the first Blanketmen.
He and Fra McCann MLA and Gerard ‘Beef’ Murray were the first Blanketmen.
They were on the blanket in Crumlin Road Gaol. Kieran Nugent was the first Blanketman in the H-Blocks.
Jimmy Duffy, aged 62, also an ex-internee, will be buried from his New Barnsley home on Thursday at 10.30am. He is survived by his brother and sisters who are travelling from America for the funeral.
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