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Encyclopedia > Raymond McCartney
Raymond McCartney MLA
Raymond McCartney
Incumbent
Assumed office 
2004
Preceded by Mary Nelis
Constituency Foyle
Born 1954
Derry
Political party Sinn Féin
Website Sinn Féin profile

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IRA membership

McCartney took part in the civil rights march in Derry on 30 January 1972, an event widely known as Bloody Sunday.[1] His cousin, Jim Wray, was shot and killed by the 1st Battalion of the British Parachute Regiment, and as a result of this McCartney joined the IRA several months later.[2] On 12 January 1979 at Belfast Crown Court McCartney and another man, Eamonn MacDermott, were convicted of the murder of Detective Constable Patrick McNulty, who was shot several times outside a garage in Derry on 27 January 1977. McCartney was also convicted of IRA membership and the murder of Jeffrey Agate in February 1977, and was sentenced to life imprisonment.[3] January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The Bogside area viewed from the city walls Bloody Sunday (Irish: Domhnach na Fola) is the term used to describe an incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, on 30 January 1972 in which 26 civil rights protesters were shot by members of 1st Battalion of the British Parachute Regiment led by... The Parachute Regiment is the Airborne Infantry element of the British Army. ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by The Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Crown Court and County Court in Oxford. ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...


Prison

McCartney was involved in the blanket and dirty protests, then took part in the 1980 hunger strike, along with fellow IRA members Brendan Hughes, Tommy McKearney, Tom McFeeley, Sean McKenna, Leo Green, and Irish National Liberation Army member John Nixon.[4] McCartney spent 53 days on hunger strike, from 27 October to 18 December.[5] From 1989 to 1991 he was Officer Commanding of the IRA prisoners in the H Blocks, and was released in 1994.[6] The blanket protest was part of a dispute involving Provisional IRA and Irish National Liberation Army prisoners held in the Maze prison (Long Kesh) in Northern Ireland. ... The dirty protest was part of a dispute (see also Blanket protest) between Irish republican paramilitary prisoners and the prison authorities at the Maze prison (Long Kesh) and Armagh Womens Prison which ran from September 1976 until October 1981. ... -1... Brendan The Dark Hughes (b. ... The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) is an Irish republican paramilitary organization which was formed on December 8, 1974. ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... In the Gregorian Calendar, December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years), at which point there will be 13 days remaining to the end of the year. ... The Officer Commanding (OC) is the commander of a sub-unit or minor unit (smaller than battalion size) in British and Commonwealth military usage. ... The personnel gate to the main guard office. ...


Freedom

Since his release he has been active with ex-prisoners' groups Tar Abhaile and Coiste na n-Íarchimí, and was the first member of Sinn Féin to have their own voice heard on television after the lifting of the broadcasting ban in 1994.[7] McCartney was arrested on 4 April 2002 following a breach of security at Belfast's police headquarters, but released without charge the next day.[8] Later that year on 5 September McCartney was the first former IRA member to appear before the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, and encouraged anyone, including paramilitaries, with information to come forward.[9] McCartney has been the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Foyle since 15 July 2004, when he replaced Mary Nelis.[10] On 15 February 2007 McCartney and MacDermott had their murder convictions quashed by the Court of Appeal, following an investigation by the Criminal Cases Review Commission in 2002.[11] Gerard Adams (Irish Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh[1]; born 6 October 1948) is an Irish Republican politician and abstentionist Westminster Member of Parliament for Belfast West. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ... http://www. ... A Member of the Legislative Assembly, or MLA, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to the Legislature or legislative assembly of a subnational jurisdiction. ... Foyle is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mary Nelis is a Sinn Féin politician in County Derry, Northern Ireland. ... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... Court of Appeals is the title of certain appellate courts in various jurisdictions. ... The Criminal Cases Review Commission is the independent public body set up to investigate possible miscarriages of justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. ...


References

  1. ^ Taylor, Peter (1997). Provos The IRA & Sinn Fein. Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 121-122. ISBN 0-7475-3818-2. 
  2. ^ Ibid., pp. 126-127.
  3. ^ Boris Worrall (20 January 2006). Commission refers murder convictions of Raymond McCartney and Eamonn MacDermott for appeal. Criminal Cases Review Commission. Retrieved on 2007-02-21.
  4. ^ English, Robert (2004). Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA. Pan Books, p. 193. ISBN 0-330-49388-4. 
  5. ^ Taylor, Peter (1997). Provos The IRA & Sinn Fein. Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 232-234. ISBN 0-7475-3818-2. 
  6. ^ English, Robert (2004). Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA. Pan Books, p. 228. ISBN 0-330-49388-4. 
  7. ^ Foyle. Strategem. Retrieved on 2007-02-21.
  8. ^ Security breach inquiry: Three released. BBC News (5 April 2002). Retrieved on 2007-02-21.
  9. ^ Rosie Cowan (6 September 2002). Former IRA man recalls shootings. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2007-02-21.
  10. ^ Northern Ireland Assembly Election - 26 November 2003. Northern Ireland Assembly. Retrieved on 2007-02-21.
  11. ^ Murder convictions ruled unsafe. BBC News (15 February 2007). Retrieved on 2007-02-21.

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