The children’s funeral that shook Belfast – Alain Le Garsmeur’s best photograph

I had been to Belfast several times. I was a freelance photographer and all my work came from the Sunday Times ringing me up and saying: “Are you interested in going to such and such a place?” They would send me abroad for a couple of weeks with a pocket full of expenses and complete freedom. But I had married a woman from Northern Ireland so had a special interest in the area.

This was taken in August 1976 on a trip to Belfast with the writer , who was