Back هنري جوي ماكراكين Arabic هنرى جوى ماكراكين ARZ Henry Joy McCracken German Henry Joy McCracken French Anraí Joy Mac Reachtain Irish Henry Joy McCracken Italian ヘンリー・ジョイ・マクラッケン Japanese
Henry Joy McCracken | |
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| Born | 31 August 1767 High Street, Belfast, Ireland |
| Died | 17 July 1798 (aged 30) High Street, Belfast, Ireland |
| Cause of death | court-martialled and hanged for treason |
| Occupation | Textile manufacturer |
| Movement | Society of United Irishmen |
Henry Joy McCracken (31 August 1767 – 17 July 1798) was an Irish republican executed in Belfast for his part in leading United Irishmen in the Rebellion of 1798. Convinced that the cause of representative government in Ireland could not be advanced under the British Crown, McCracken had sought to forge a revolutionary union between his fellow Presbyterians in Ulster and the country's largely dispossessed Catholic majority. In June 1798, following reports of risings in Leinster, he seized the initiative from a leadership that hesitated to act without French assistance and led a rebel force against a British garrison in Antrim Town. Defeated, he was returned to Belfast where he was court-martialled and hanged.