Cardinal Cahal Daly, Primate of All Ireland from 1990-1996, died on New Year's Eve, aged 92.
In a statement issued on New Year's Day, Archbishop Vincent Nichols said::
“Catholics in England Wales will today be mourning the death of Cardinal Cahal Daly. He is warmly remembered as an outstanding leader, a most kind and courteous person, a fine scholar and a man who appreciated all that is best in Irish culture. Most of all he worked tirelessly for peace in Ireland especially in the darkest years of the violence. Bishops in England and Wales will remember the occasion on which he came to speak with us and explained with profound insight and humanity the root causes of the sectarian conflicts. His contribution to peace was outstanding. Cahal Daly will be much in our prayers. So too will his family, the Catholic Church in Ireland and all who will miss him keenly. May he rest in peace.”
Cardinal Daly’s Requiem Mass took place at 12.00 Noon in Armagh on Tuesday, 5 January. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor attended the funeral as a representative of the Diocese of Westminster and of the Catholic Church in England and Wales.
