Mairead Maguire
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Mairead Maguire (born 27 January 1944), also known as Mairead Corrigan Maguire and formerly as Mairéad Corrigan, is a peace activist from Northern Ireland. She co-founded, with Betty Williams and Ciaran McKeown, the Women for Peace, which later became the Community for Peace People.[7] Maguire and Williams were awarded the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize.[8]
 Mairead Maguire at the Free Gaza Movement in July 2009 | |
| Born | Mairead Corrigan 27 January 1944 (aged 82) |
| Other names | Mairead Corrigan Maguire |
| Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin |
| Organization | The Peace People, The Nobel Women's Initiative |
| Known for | International social activist |
| Spouse(s) | Jackie Maguire
(m. 1981) |
| Children | 2 (5)[1][4] |
| Relatives | Anne Maguire (sister) |
| Awards | Nobel Peace Prize (1976) Norwegian People's Peace Prize (1976)[5] Carl von Ossietzky Medal (1976)[6] Pacem in Terris (1990) |
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Jackie and Mairead Maguire
Huwaida Arraf and Maguire, 2009
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fairmichael, p. 28: "Mairead Corrigan, now Mairead Maguire, married her former brother-in-law, Jackie Maguire, and they have two children of their own as well as three by Jackie's previous marriage to Ann Maguire."
- ↑ Abrams (2001) p. 27 "For many years Mairead Corrigan (now Maguire), thirty-three when she received the 1976 prize in 1977, was the youngest in the year of the award, but she has now been matched by Rigoberta Menchú Tum, also thirty-three when she won the prize in 1992."
- ↑ Mairead Maguire: Nobel winner, veteran peace campaigner. 4 June 2010. https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iIL8y1m5Qg2jpc1m8v1UDHeJg76Q. Retrieved 5 February 2011. "Maguire was born into a Catholic community in Belfast on 27 January 1944, the daughter of a window cleaner father and housewife mother, growing up with five sisters and two brothers.".
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mairead Corrigan MaguireThe Peace People. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ↑ "NORTHERN IRELAND: A People's Peace Prize". TIME. 13 December 1976. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918532-1,00.html. Retrieved 26 February 2011. "To a standing ovation, Betty Williams, 33, and Mairead Corrigan, 32, co-founders of the Ulster Peace Movement (TIME, Sept. 6) arrived to accept the Norwegian People's Peace Prize.".
- ↑ Die Carl-von-Ossietzky-Medaille (in de)Internationale Liga für Menschenrechte (International League for Human Rights). Retrieved 20 February 2011.
- ↑ Peace People – HistoryThe Peace People. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
- ↑ The Nobel Peace Prize 1976 (2009)Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 8 July 2009.