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About us
Established in 1904, McClafferty are the city’s longest established independent funeral director whom have earned an excellent reputation for providing a professional, compassionate and dignified service for bereaved families within our communities and beyond. Our professional staff will co-ordinate all aspects of the funeral arrangements in an authentic, personal, caring and sensitive manner to your exacting requirements. We have experience across all religious and non-religious denominations.
02871 262823
Where are we located?
Funeral Home – Cityside Office:
Unit 3, Rathmor Business Park, Derry, BT48 0LZ.
Waterside Office:
2 Oak Country Green, Crescent Link, Waterside, BT47 6FU.
Services
With McClafferty Funeral Directors there is no such thing as a standard arrangement. We work with you to customise and personalise every detail to your exacting requirements. Our experienced and professional staff will help guide you through each step of the planning process discussing all your expectations such as funeral costs, floral arrangements, funeral vehicles, and coffin selection, every detail will be fine-tuned. We liaise with all medical staff, clergy, cemeteries, and crematoria as and when required. Our goal is to remove as much stress as possible from your family during what is a difficult and upsetting time.
Our promise is to help you arrange or plan a funeral with authenticity, care, respect, and reassurance.
Our proprietor Kieran Connor and his team of professionals are here to listen, advise and guide you through all your options during what is a difficult and upsetting time.
Our Heritage
In 2024 McClafferty Funeral Directors marked 120 years as the city’s longest established funeral director.
1904
September 2, 1904Mr. John L. McClafferty established McClafferty Funeral Directors in King Street in the Waterside, Derry in 1904. He and his family ran the business until 1974. The image shows McClafferty Funeral Directors funeral home all those years ago.
1974
March 14, 1974In 1974 Mr. Jack McKeone took ownership of McClafferty Funeral Directors whilst situated at Meenan Square in the Bogside. He continued to run the business for the next 13 years.
1987
February 17, 1987Ownership then passed to Mr. John Casey in 1987 who remained at the helm alongside his family for 32 years. The image shows Mr. John Casey directing a funeral in 2014 with a horse-drawn carriage in procession on the Brandywell Road clearly showing the old Brandywell Stadium in the background recently renamed the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium.
2019
March 8, 2019In March 2019 our new owner and proprietor Mr. Kieran Connor took the reigns of McClafferty Funeral Directors and has devoted himself to providing an authentic, personal & caring service to the families of Derry and beyond in their time of need.
2025
May 27, 2025On the 27th May 2025 our proprietor Mr. Kieran Connor and his son Kieran Lucas Connor take receipt of their all new Mercedes Benz Funeral Fleet taking McClafferty Funeral Directors into the next phase of its continued expansion.
Obituaries
Matilda (Meta) Harkin née Friel
Matilda (Meta) Harkin née Friel
Date of death: 09-05-2026
All Enquiries to Mr. Kieran Connor, McClafferty Funeral Directors, 02871262823.
Sarah (Sally) Boyle (née Cooper)
Sarah (Sally) Boyle née Cooper
Date of death: 07-05-2026
It is with deep sorrow and great sadness that we announce the passing of Sarah (Sally) Boyle née Cooper, peacefully at Altnagelvin Hospital after a short illness on 7th May 2026.
Late of 7 Clós Gort Na Sí and formerly of Sandown Drive. May she rest in peace.
Beloved wife of the late Bernard. Beautiful mother of Bernard (Marion RIP), Olivia (Paul), Aidan (Patricia), Mary (Jim) and Annette (Johnny). Treasured grandmother of Ciarán, Louise, Joseph, Roisin, Shea, James, Michael, Matthew, Luke and Sally Mae. Loving great-grandmother of Katie, Leah, Lochlainn, Brideen, Nuala and Roux. Deeply regretted and sadly missed by all of her wider family circle and friends.
Sally’s remains will be reposing at her daughter Annette’s home, 49 Thornhill Park from 12 noon tomorrow afternoon, Saturday 9th May. Funeral leaving from there on Monday 11th May at 10:45am for 11:30am Requiem Mass in St. Columb’s Church, Chapel Rd. Burial will take place immediately afterwards in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Ardmore.
The wake house will be private from 10pm until 12 noon.
Sally’s Requiem Mass can be viewed via the link below;
https://m.youtube.com/c/WatersideParish
Family flowers only please, donations in lieu, if so desired, to CCU Altnagelvin c/o the immediate family or Mr. Kieran Connor, McClafferty Funeral Directors, Unit 3a, Rathmor Business Pk, Derry, BT48 0LZ.
“O Sacrament Most Holy, O Sacrament Divine, All praise and all thanksgiving, be every moment thine”
All Enquiries to Mr. Kieran Connor, McClafferty Funeral Directors, 02871262823.
Terence (Don) O'Donnell
Terence (Don) O’Donnell
Date of death: 06-05-2026
Liam Doherty
Liam Doherty
Date of Death: 03-05-2026
Contact us
Phone:
02871 262823
Email:
services@mcclaffertyfunerals.com
Funeral Home – Cityside Office:
Unit 3, Rathmor Business Park, Derry, BT48 0LZ.
Waterside Office:
2 Oak Country Green, Crescent Link, Waterside, BT47 6FU