Raymond McCreesh

Quick Facts

Full Name	Raymond McCreesh
Occupation	Combatant
Date Of Birth	Feb 25, 1957(1957-02-25)
Age	67
Date Of Death	1981-05-21
Birthplace	Camlough
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Northern Ireland
Horoscope	Aquarius

Raymond McCreesh Biography

Raymond McCreesh is one of the most popular and richest Combatant who was born on February 25, 1957 in Camlough, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Raymond Peter McCreesh was the seventh child in a family that included eight children. He was born in St Malachy’s Park in Camlough on 25 February 1957. He was the seventh child in a strong Irish republican household and was active in republican movements from the age 16. McCreesh was educated at St Malachy’s primary school in Camlough and St Colman’s College, Newry. Raymond joined Fianna Eireann in 1973 as the IRA’s youth wing. Later that year, he was promoted to the Provisional IRA South Armagh Brigade. McCreesh was a steelworker for a small factory in Lisburn that was dominated by Protestants. As violence and sectarian threats grew, McCreesh switched to milk roundsman in South Armagh to increase his knowledge of the area. This occupation allowed him to watch the movements of British Army troops in the area.

McCreesh was taken to Maze Prison. McCreesh joined the blanket protest, and took part the 1981 Irish hunger strike. After a 61-day hunger strike, he died 21 May.

In 2013, it was announced that the decision to name the park after McCreesh would be formally investigated by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. It said its investigation would consider whether the council had failed to have due regard to the need to promote equality and good relations between people of different religious beliefs and political opinion.

McCreesh, Quinn, were sentenced on 2 March 1977 to 14 years imprisonment for attempted murder of British soldiers, possession rifle and ammunition, as well as five years each for IRA membership. McCreesh was holding a rifle when he was captured. It was also one of the weapons used in the Kingsmill massacre, in which 10 Protestant civilians were killed.

Raymond McCreesh Net Worth

Raymond McCreesh is one of the richest Combatant from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Raymond McCreesh 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Raymond McCreesh, (Irish Reamonn Mc Raois 25 February 1957 – 21 Mai 1981) was a volunteer with the South Armagh Brigade (Provisional Irish Republican Army). He was captured with two other IRA volunteers in 1976 while they attempted to ambush an observation post of the British Army. McCreesh was among the ten Irish republicans who were killed in the 1981 Irish hunger strike at the Maze Prison.

McCreesh, a 19-year-old IRA volunteer, attempted to ambush a British Army observation (OP) post in South Armagh on 25 June 1976. It was located on the Newry–Newtonhamilton Road, opposite the Mountain House Inn. British paratroopers spotted the armed, masked, and uniformed IRA volunteers approaching the OP from a hillside. The volunteers fled after the paratroopers opened fire. McCreesh, Paddy Quinn and Quinn took cover in a nearby farm house. The paratroopers entered the house and fired several shots. McCreesh surrendered to Quinn after a while and were taken to the Bessbrook British Army Base. Danny McGuinness was the third volunteer. He had taken refuge in an abandoned quarry outhouse, but was captured by police the following day. Despite being shot in the leg and arm, the fourth member of the unit was able to escape. Their surrender was made possible by local Catholic priests.

A Newry playground was named after McCreesh after a motion led by Sinn Féin, SDLP and independent representatives on Newry and Mourne District Council was passed. Unionists were unhappy with this and appealed to the Equality Commission which called for an equality impact assessment in 2008. The council sub-committee responsible for the assessment decided that naming the park after McCreesh complies with their legal requirement to “promote equality of opportunity and good relations between persons of different religious belief and political opinion”.

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