Stock Photo - Apr. 04, 1972 - Ira leader lies 'In state': Joseph Mccann, a top Ira leader - and the man the IRA say was responsible for the deaths of 15 British soldiers, was shot dead in a Belfast street last saturday, after refusing soldiers orders to halt. On monday his body was lying 'in state' at his home in Belfast, before being taken to Holy Trinity church in the Turf Lodge district of the city. Yesterday he was buried at Miltown cemetery. Photo shows (Top picture)Black berated boys guard the coffin as Joe McCann lies 'in state' at his home in Belfast. The woman with a rug over her legs is his widow. (bottom picture) This picture of Joe McCann with a M.I Carbine silhouetted by a burning barricade was taken last year during the period following the introduction of internment. (Credit Image: © Keystone Press Agency/Keystone USA via ZUMAPRESS.com)