Ballymurphy memorial in west Belfast. The causes of canonisation of Fr Hugh Mullan and Fr Noel Fitzpatrick, both killed while ministering to the dying during the Troubles, have been opened. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain. There are some evenings when a conversation stays with you long after you have left the room. Last night, in my favourite Donegal pub, I witnessed something that reminded me of the extraordinary power of a story well told. My two teenage daughters were sitting listening to Marie, a 76-year-old Belfast woman whose capacity for…
