Archbishop of All Ireland Rev Fr Eamon Martin at the vigil in Derry remembering Lyra McKee. (North West Newspix)
The vigil took place as her funeral got underway at 1 pm at St Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast.
Several hundred people gathered in silence to remember the 29-year-old journalist.
Lyra was shot dead while observing rioting last Thursday night in Derry’s Creggan estate.
A masked gunman opened fire on an armoured police landrover and a bullet struck the author and writer in the head.
She tragically died in Altnagelvin Hospital after being rushed there in the back of a police landrover.
Carmel and Bernard Murray-Gates with grand-daughter Zoe at the vigil in Derry Guildhall Square held to remember Lyra McKee. (North West Newspix)
Following her funeral service, Lyra was laid to rest in Carnmoney cemetery in Co Antrim.
Some of the crowd at the vigil in Derry remembering Lyra McKee. (North West Newspix)
