Raymond McClean

Raymond McClean (1932 – 29 January 2011) was an Irish nationalist politician.

McClean studied at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Medical School in Dublin, where he qualified as a medical doctor, before joining the Royal Air Force. He then worked as a general practitioner in Derry, also acting as club doctor to Derry City F.C. and local amateur boxing clubs. Concerns about housing conditions led him join the civil rights movement, and he was present at Bloody Sunday.^[1] The following year, he was elected for the Social Democratic and Labour Party to Derry City Council, and was immediately elected as first nationalist mayor of the city since 1923.^[2] He held his seat on Derry City Council at the 1977 election, but did not stand in 1981.^[3]

Later in life, McClean wrote about Bloody Sunday and the events leading up to it, holding a special interest in the long-term effects of the use of CS Gas.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Tributes paid to Dr Raymond McClean", BBC News, 31 January 2011
2. ^ Paddy Devlin, Straight Left, p.194
3. ^ Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Londonderry, Northern Ireland Elections