The funeral has taken place in Kilkeel, County Down of a man injured in the IRA bomb at Enniskillen thirteen years ago, in which eleven others were killed. Former headmaster Ronnie Hill, who was 68, died on Thursday, and had been cared for by his wife since falling into a coma shortly after the explosion. Two days after being rescued from the rubble in the Remembrance Sunday bombing, Mr Hill went into a coma. Since then, he showed only small signs of recovery. For nine of the past thirteen years, he was cared for daily by his wife Noreen at a residential home she bought for the purpose at Holywood near Belfast.
Mr Hill, who was born and grew up in Bray, had been the headmaster of Enniskillen High School and had worked as a missionary in Africa. He met his wife while teaching in Kilkeel nearly fifty years ago, and they were also married there. His remains were taken to the County Down village after a private service at the family home. The coffin was carried through the main street to Mourne Presbyterian church, where the Moderator Dr Trevor Morrow led the prayers. In a tribute, the Church of Ireland Bishop of Clogher, Brian Hannon, praised the patient miracle of loving care which he said Mr Hill had received from his family since 1987.
