Hooded Man Kevin Hannaway has been described as a person “who stood firm in his beliefs” during his funeral service.
The 77-year-old, who came from a well-known republican family, died in the early hours of Monday after a short illness.
He was one of 14 Catholic men who were subjected to state-sanctioned torture when they were interned in 1971.
He was buried in Milltown Cemetery in west Belfast on Saturday.
Earlier a beret and gloves were placed on his tricolour draped coffin as it was removed from his home in the Colinmill area.
A lone piper led the cortege while several men dressed in berets, black jumpers, trousers and white shirts flanked Mr Hannaway’s coffin.
There was a visible PSNI presence outside Milltown Cemetery, including a Land Rover fitted with a surveillance camera, as Mr Hannaway’s remains arrived for burial.
Several dozen men and women wearing black jumpers, trousers and white shirts, lined part of the route as Mr Hannaway’s remains were brought to his family plot.
Among those in attendance at the house and cemetery were surviving Hooded Men Francis McGuigan, Liam Shannon, Patrick McNally, Brian Turley, Davey Rodgers and Jim Auld.
Relatives of deceased Hooded Men were also in attendance to represent their families, including Tony and Brian Shivers, whose father Pat died in 1985, and the family of Joe Clarke, who passed away in 2023.
After prayers were led by a priest, Hooded Men campaigner Jim McIlmurray paid tribute to his former friend.
“I will use Kevin’s own description of himself,” he said.
“He would often say he had his father’s principles and his mother’s morals.
“That’s a good starting point.”
He said Mr Hannaway was a proud family man.
“Kevin was proud of his family and often said with great pride, I am a father, a grandfather, and a great-grandfather,” he said.
“Kevin faced his illness in the same manner he faced any advisory in life, head on and dealt with it.
“He would often say, I am the perfect example of how a body thrives on abuse.”
A life-long republican, Mr Hannaway was convicted of knowingly rendering assistance to the ‘IRA’, and assisting in interviewing people involved in ‘IRA’-organised activities in 2015.
Since his death he has been described as a “former POW (Prisoner of War) and IRA volunteer”.
Saoradh vice chair Brian Kenna paid tribute to Mr Hannaway.
“In remembering Kevin Hannaway, we honour a man who stood firm in his beliefs, endured profound hardships, and remained committed to the cause he held dear,” he said.
“With these few words here today, we can’t possibly do justice to Kevin’s contribution to the struggle for an Irish Republic but let his life and dedication to the struggle be an inspiration to us all to continue along that path as his true and fitting epitaph.”
The PSNI had carried out a series of stop and search operations on people attending Mr Hannaway’s wake and on Friday two men, both members of Saoradh, were arrested under the Terrorism Act in Andersonstown while making their way to his home.
It is understood they have since been released.
It has also been claimed that a security force drone has been spotted over the wakehouse in recent days.
During the funeral service Saoradh national chair Stephen Murney said the Hannaway family “had endured not only grief but also harassment and torment at the hands of the crown forces as they prepared to bury their loved one”.
Police say the two men arrested on Friday were stopped “as part of an ongoing investigation into violent dissident republican activity”.
