Derrick McReary (Irish: Darragh Mac Ruairi) is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series, who appears as a main character in Grand Theft Auto IV , a cameo character in The Lost and Damned, and a minor character in The Ballad of Gay Tony.
Background
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.
Events of GTA IV
Return and The Bank Heist
Derrick returned from Irland in 2008, and met Niko Bellic. During the bank heist, Derrick and Patrick argued about how treat the people in the bank. Michael Keane, a member of the Irish Mob who helped them and Niko Bellic in the bank heist, is shot dead by Eugene Reaper, who was killed in return by Derrick and Packie. The two, along with Niko, escaped the bank with $1 million.
Derrick wanted the money from the bank heist to be sent back to Ireland in order to help the "cause" (was most likely going to be given to the Real IRA to purchase weaponry), however Packie refused to let him do so, saying that the cause was over.
Jobs for Niko Bellic
After the bank heist, Derrick lived in a park, in Alderney. Packie called to Niko, asking him to help Derrick.
During their the two's first meeting since the bank heist, Derrick tells to Niko that Bucky Sligo, a former associate and friend of Derrick's, wants Derrick and his family dead. Derrick asks Niko to take a Police Cruiser, find Bucky, and kill him and his thugs. Niko finds Bucky, and after a chase to Bucky's hideout, Niko kills him and his thugs.
Later, Derrick asks Niko to help him in protecting Kim Young-Guk, a Korean mobster who came for business issues, from rivals.
In his final mission, he asks Niko to eliminate Aiden O'Malley, another former associate of his, who was sent to prison for few years. Packie soon calls to Niko to tell him how they going to kill Aiden. Niko then blocks the tunnel and stops the convoy, and one of the policemen get out and ask the driver to move his vehicle. Niko and Packie launch a surprise attack on the convoy, killing all the cops. After all the cops are dead, Niko and Packie steals the Police Stockade containing Aiden. Niko drives the truck to Port Tudor to ditch it as he escapes police attention. Niko, Packie, and Aiden switches to a nearby Presidente and drive to the cliffs in Leftwood. Niko then executes Aiden, while Packie drives away from the scene.
Blood Brothers
When his brother, Francis, discovers that Derrick has returned to Liberty City, 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. If spared, the last time you will see him is during the funeral, bringing the family and everyone else into the church while Niko and Packie shoot at the Albanian gangsters who crashed the funeral.
Personality
Derrick seems to be the most compassionate of all the McReary brothers, as is shown with the way he tries to calm down and negotiate with the bank staff and customers during the heist. However, he is shown to be rash and violent when intoxicated, shown when he hires Niko to kill both Bucky and later Aiden in violent and attention drawing manners.
LCPD database record
Surname: McReary
First Name: Derrick
Age: 52
Place of Birth: Dukes, Liberty City
Affiliations: N/A
Criminal Record:
- 1970 - Disorderly Conduct
- 1971 - Civil Disobedience
- 1974 - Resisting Arrest
- 1978 - Armed Robbery
- 1980 - Possession Controlled Substance: Cocaine
- 1985 - Criminal Possession Weapon: Explosives
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.
Mission appearances
- GTA IV
- Three Leaf Clover
- Smackdown (Boss)
- Babysitting (Boss)
- Tunnel of Death (Boss)
- Blood Brothers (Can be killed)
- Undertaker (Only if spared in Blood Brothers)
- The Lost and Damned
- The Ballad of Gay Tony
Murders committed
- Eugene Reaper - Murdered by him and Packie for killing Michael Keane.
Trivia
- Derrick's portraits are hung on the wall inside the Steinway Beer Garden and Lucky Winkles bar.
- Derrick is one of two McRearys to appear in more than one game, the other being Packie.
- Derrick's 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 that says: "Here lies Derrick McReary, Brave, Honest, Shot Dead." Francis' will say the same thing, but his grave will be on Colony Island.
- If Niko kills Derrick, in the mission Undertaker, Kate McReary says that she didn't know Derrick that well, despite being siblings, most likely because of their wide difference in age (24 years apart).
- In the beginning of the mission Tunnel of Death you can see Derrick driving a Green Willard.
- The player can buy Derrick's suit that he wore in Three Leaf Clover at Perseus.
- After Out of Commission, Packie calls Niko about Kate's unexpected and undeserving death and that he's the only child that his mom has (since Gerry is in prison). If Derrick is spared, it's unknown why he wasn't mentioned during the phone conversation (In the mission Undertaker, Packie mentions Derrick being his only brother left after Gerry's incarceration and Francis's death) although he may have either left Liberty City again, or Packie simply forgot to mention him.
- Derrick is one of 4 former employers that can be killed or spared in GTA IV. (The others being Playboy X, Dwayne Forge and Francis McReary).