He left the British-ruled province in the early 1970's after he was threatened by Protestant paramilitary guerrillas.

The case has drawn widespread attention because of allegations that British authorities colluded with the Protestant guerrillas who shot the lawyer, Pat Finucane, in 1989.

Victims included Protestant guerrillas, policemen, soldiers and civilians, the paper said.

"The loyalists have just started up again," she said, referring to Protestant guerrillas.

As neither has a complicated command structure, the officials say, a typical scenario might be two or three Protestant guerrillas sitting in a pub, drinking and discussing politics.

Mrs. Hegney, who is Catholic, said she prays for them, and for the Protestant guerrillas too.

In 1988, three people were killed by a Protestant guerrilla during an I.R.A. funeral at the cemetery.

The police said a Protestant guerrilla had phoned in a bomb threat, and the hotel was evacuated.

Today the Irish Government said it was increasing patrols along the border to intercept any Protestant guerrillas coming south.

Protestant guerrillas, by comparison, are only lightly armed.