Mairead Maguire

Mairead Maguire is an Irish peace activist who shared the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to promote a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Northern Ireland.

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Betty Williams: Betty Williams was a Northern Irish peace activist who shared the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize with Mairead Corrigan. Williams joined Maguire in founding the movement that grew from the deaths of Maguire’s relatives.
Deaths of the Maguire children: Three children in Mairead Maguire’s family were killed in Belfast in August 1976 when a car crashed after its driver was shot by British soldiers. Their deaths prompted the protest that brought Maguire into public peace activism.
Northern Ireland peace movement: The Northern Ireland peace movement comprises campaigns and organizations that sought to end violence and secure political settlement. Maguire’s work became one prominent strand of this wider movement.
Irish Republican Army: The Irish Republican Army was an armed republican organization that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland and unite Ireland. Its armed campaign embodied the violence Maguire’s movement opposed.
Ciaran McKeown: Ciaran McKeown was an Irish journalist and peace activist who helped found the Peace People. He helped turn the women’s early protests into an organized peace movement.
Peace People: The Peace People is a Northern Irish peace movement founded in 1976 by Betty Williams, Mairead Corrigan, and Ciaran McKeown. This organization carried Maguire’s early demonstrations into a sustained campaign.
Community of Peace People: The Community of Peace People is the movement-building organization formed from the 1976 Peace People campaign in Northern Ireland. It carried the campaign’s organizing work beyond the first demonstrations.
Provisional Irish Republican Army: The Provisional Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican paramilitary organization active during the Troubles. Its campaign formed a major part of the conflict Maguire called on people to reject.
John Hume: John Hume was a Northern Irish politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who pursued a negotiated settlement to the conflict. His political strategy offers a distinct route toward peace from Maguire’s grassroots activism.
Nobel Peace Prize 1976: The 1976 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan for their work to end violence in Northern Ireland. The prize recognized the grassroots campaign Maguire helped lead.