Raymond McCreesh

Raymond McCreesh
Born(1957-02-25)25 February 1957
Camlough, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Died21 May 1981(1981-05-21) (aged 24)
HM Prison Maze, Maze, County Down, Northern Ireland
Cause of deathHunger strike
OrganizationProvisional IRA
Known forHunger strike of 61 days, from 22 March 1981

Raymond McCreesh (Irish: Réamonn Mac Raois, 25 February 1957 – 21 May 1981) was an Irish volunteer in the South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).[1][2] In 1976, he and two other IRA volunteers were captured while attempting to ambush a British Army observation post. McCreesh was one of the ten Irish republicans who died during the 1981 Irish hunger strike in the Maze Prison.[3][4] McCreesh was one of 22 Irish republicans (in the 20th century) who died on hunger-strike.[5]

Memorial to 22 Irish Hunger Strikers Deaths Glasnevin Cemetery
  1. ^ Tírghrá. National Commemoration Centre. 2002. p. 264. ISBN 0-9542946-0-2.
  2. ^ Biography from IRIS, Vol. 1, No. 2, November 1981 Archived 12 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine (Sinn Féin publication)
  3. ^ Two Lives and Two Deaths for Ireland Archived 10 March 2003 at archive.today
  4. ^ Guardian
  5. ^ "Roll of Honor/Hunger 6 May 2021". 6 May 2014. at republicansinnfein.org