John Creagh
The Reverend John Creagh | |
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Photograph of Irish Priest John Creagh, taken 1904. | |
| Born | 1870 Thomondgate, County Limerick, Ireland |
| Died | 1947 (aged 76–77) Wellington, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Clergyman |
| Known for | Inciting the Limerick boycott |
John Creagh, CSsR (1870 in Thomondgate, Limerick, Ireland – 1947 in Wellington, New Zealand) was an Irish Redemptorist priest. Creagh is best known for, firstly, delivering antisemitic speeches in 1904 responsible for inciting riots against the small Jewish community in Limerick, as well as, secondly, his work as a Catholic missionary in the Kimberley region of Western Australia between 1916 and 1922.