Creggan (Irish: An Creagán; meaning stony place) is a large housing estate in Derry, Northern Ireland,[1] on a hill not far from the River Foyle.

The civil rights movement that was occurring in Northern Ireland in the late 1960s took place consistently in Derry.

Following the introduction of internment without trial being carried out by the British government, as well as Civil Rights protests in Derry that turned into intense rioting with the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), the Bogside and Creggan areas effectively became a no-go area for the British government along with the RUC[3] and were only controlled and policed by both wings of the IRA.

This prompted the creation of the Irish National Liberation Army on 8 December 1974, a radical left wing group formed of hardline republicans led by Seamus Costello.

Creggan has experienced a seismic change; long gone are the no-go area and levels of inequality suffered from the 1960s to 1980s.