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Tributes paid to County Derry priest who became a missionary in Africa
Mourners heard how Fr Darragh was humble to his core .
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Tributes have been paid to a County Derry priest who passed away last week.
Mourners at the funeral of Father Tony Darragh heard how he was ahead of his time in many ways .
Fr Darragh passed away on January 28 at Kimmage Manor in Dublin, after a remarkable life that took him from his native Greenlough to missionary projects in various areas of Africa.
Celebrant Fr Dermott Harkin told mourners how Father Darragh s mother had walked ten miles home from Magherafelt hospital with her newborn in her arms, and how the missionary had a difficult childhood.