Tribute to former SDLP councillor and Mayor of Limavady Borough Council Michael Carten

Mr Carten from Glack passed away peacefully at Altnagelvin Hospital on January 14.

Michael Carten served as an SDLP councillor for the Bellarena District Electoral Area on the former Limavady Borough Council for 14 years, having first been elected in 1997. He served as Mayor of Limavady from 2010-2011, before standing down from council in 2011.

SDLP East Derry MLA Cara Hunter paid tribute saying: “I was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Michael Carten. Michael was a proud SDLP representative who served his community with decency, humility and a genuine sense of duty.

"As a councillor for the Bellarena area and later as Mayor of Limavady, he gave many years of dedicated public service and was deeply respected for the way he carried out those roles.

"Above all else, Michael was a devoted family man, my thoughts are with his children, grandchildren and great-grandchild, and all those across Bellarena and beyond who are mourning his loss. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam."

A family notice from WJ O’Brien & Son Funeral Directors described Mr Carten as “beloved husband of the late Maureen, loving father of Gerard, Paul, Marie, Helen, Michael, Sean and Damien, dearly loved grandfather of Callum, Ciara, Eimear, Myrid, Tilly and Martha and cherished great-grandfather of Maggie Ray.”

A requiem mass for the former Mayor of Limavady Borough Council will be celebrated in St Finlough’s Church, Ballykelly on Saturday, January 17 at 10am.