Derrick McReary

Character
Derrick McReary
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Appearances [[Appearance::Grand Theft Auto IV
The Ballad of Gay Tony]]
Full Name Derrick McReary
Gender Gender::Male
Date of Birth [[Error: Invalid time.|1956 (Age 52)]]
Place of Birth Dukes, Liberty City
Date of Death [[Error: Invalid time.|2008 (Player's Choice)]][[DOD::2008 (Player's Choice)| ]]
Age at Death
Nationality [[Irish-American|Irish-American]][[Nationality::Irish-American| ]]
Home Liberty City
Family Maureen McReary (mother)
Mr. McReary (father)
Gerald McReary (brother)
Patrick McReary (brother)
Francis McReary (brother)
Kate McReary (sister)
Main Affiliations McReary Mob
Korean Mob
Niko Bellic
Bucky Sligo (formerly)
Aiden O'Malley (formerly)
Provisional IRA
Vehicles Willard
Voiced by George Feaster
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Derrick McReary (Irish: Darragh Mac Ruairi) is a 52-year old member of McReary Family and the oldest sibling.

Description

Derrick was born to Maureen McReary and Mr. McReary in Dukes. Born in 1956, he is the oldest one of their children, followed by Francis, Gerry, Packie and Kate. He was arrested at three different protests in the early 1970s, all before he was 18. In 1978, he and Bucky Sligo were both arrested for armed robbery. He was arrested in 1980 for cocaine possession and according to the LCPD, his heroin addiction was picked up in prison. In 1985, the last of his American criminal record was him getting caught carrying explosives.

Derrick left for Ireland in the late 1980s when he was depressed, according to Packie in Three Leaf Clover. Francis allegedly threw him a farewell dinner in Chinatown. Derrick, Bucky and Aiden O'Malley (all Irish men from Liberty City) all fought in the Provisional IRA against the British during The Troubles, once fighting in heavily armed combat in Belfast, Northern Ireland (so says Derrick during Three Leaf Clover). Their combat ended by 1995, when the trio was arrested in the US for a string of extremely violent robberies (they robbed the mafia, according to Francis) and Derrick snitched on them. Aiden was sentenced to twenty years in prison, Bucky won his trial, and Derrick stayed in Ireland for years after, until returning to Dukes in 2008.

He seems to be the most compassionate of all the McReary children, as is shown with the way he tries to calm down the bank staff and customers during the heist. When his brother, Francis, discovers that Derrick is back in town, he worries that he will reveal Francis' corruption to the press for money. He talks with Derrick in a park, as part of an attempt to use Niko to kill him, thinking that he must go outside the law to take down his brother. Niko has a choice of who to kill. The player does not receive anything from Derrick for killing Francis.

LCPD database record

Surname: McReary

First Name: Derrick

Age: 52

Place of Birth: Dukes, Liberty City

Affiliations: N/A

Criminal Record:

  • 1970 - Disorderly Conduct (Age 14)
  • 1971 - Civil Disobedience (Age 15)
  • 1974 - Resisting Arrest (Age 18)
  • 1978 - Armed Robbery (Age 22)
  • 1980 - Possession Controlled Substance: Cocaine (Age 24)
  • 1985 - Criminal Possession Weapon: Explosives (Age 29)

Notes:

  • Police informant.
  • Confidential testimony from him led to several high-profile convictions.
  • Originally arrested after several public protests and demonstrations turned bad in the early 70s.
  • Became involved in more violent protest and believed to have developed a heroin addiction while in prison.
  • Recent reports indicate that he was arrested in Ireland. May be returning to the US.

Trivia

  • Despite his soft spot for civilians, which was shown in the bank robbery of the Bank of Liberty, he is extremely dangerous and trigger-happy.
  • Derrick and Packie slip about who they are during the bank robbery.
  • Derrick's portraits are hung on the wall inside the Steinway Beer Garden and Lucky Winkles bar.
  • Derrick drives a Willard.
  • Derrick's most favorite radio station is The Journey.
  • If he was killed in the mission "Blood Brothers", his tombstone at the Steinway like his brother, but with a small gravestone saying; "Here lies Derrick McReary, Brave, Honest, Shot Dead".

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Mission appearances

GTA IV

Murders committed