"But let me take issue with those in the editorial rooms or in the political ivory towers who denounce Martin McGuinness as a terrorist. Martin cannot answer them back. So, let me answer for him. Martin McGuinness was not a terrorist. Martin McGuinness was a Freedom fighter. He was also a political prisoner, a negotiator, a peacemaker, a healer. In spirituality. And he was famously, hugely interested in people" -Gerry Adams.

"We jumped into the car and drove down into the city centre to visit the bookstore. However, on the way we were stopped by an RUC patrol. Daddy was searched, so was the car. I will never forget that day because daddy was arrested and placed in the back of an RUC landrover and then driven away. I was left standing at the side of the road. I think I may have been about eleven years old." -Grainne McGuinness.

"I will never forget a particular woman from Belfast who on occasion would sing 'The Song of Na Fianna'. She was an older woman with a large family of her own. One of her sons, Sean, was a member of Na Fianna Éireann and had been shot and killed by the British Army. God bless him, he was just 13 years old."- Bernie McGuinness