The stole worn by the late Bishop Edward Daly on Bloody Sunday is to be donated to the Museum of Free Derry.
The vestment, along with a photograph of the teenage victim Jackie Duddy, which Bishop Daly kept on his desk for over four decades, will be formally given to the museum at a ceremony on Wednesday, January 30, the 47th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
Footage of the then Fr Daly waving his handkerchief as the 17-year-old Jackie was carried along Chamberlain Street has long been an iconic image of Bloody Sunday [pictured]. After Mr Duddy was shot, Fr Daly vested himself in his stole and administered the Last Rites to the dying teenager while others attempted to treat his wounds.
The stole and photograph will be exhibited alongside the handkerchief, which the Duddy family donated to the museum some years ago.
