Mairead Maguire

Mairead Maguire^[1]^[2]
Mairead Maguire
	Mairead Maguire at the Free Gaza Movement in July 2009
Born	Mairead Corrigan; 27 January 1944 (age 80); Belfast, Northern Ireland
Other names	Mairead Corrigan Maguire
Alma mater	Trinity College Dublin
Organization(s)	The Peace People,; The Nobel Women's Initiative
Known for	International social activist
Spouse	Jackie Maguire (m. 1981)
Children	2 (5)
Relatives	Anne Maguire (sister)
Awards	Nobel Peace Prize (1976); Norwegian People's Peace Prize (1976); Carl von Ossietzky Medal (1976); Pacem in Terris (1990)

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]

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Mairead Maguire^[1]^[2]
Mairead Maguire at the Free Gaza Movement in July 2009
Born	Mairead Corrigan (1944-01-27) 27 January 1944 (age 80) Belfast, Northern Ireland^[3]
Other names	Mairead Corrigan Maguire
Alma mater	Trinity College Dublin
Organization(s)	The Peace People, The Nobel Women's Initiative
Known for	International social activist
Spouse	Jackie Maguire (m. 1981) ^[4]
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)