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Mairead Maguire: Peace activist (born 1944).
Born in Belfast (age 82).
4 awards including Carl von Ossietzky Medal.
Studied at Trinity College, Dublin.
AWARDS (4)
B
Carl von Ossietzky Medal
WON
G
Nobel Peace Prize
WON
B
Pacem in Terris Award
WON
B
People's Peace Prize
WON
Biography
Mairead Maguire, 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, an organization dedicated to encouraging a peaceful resolution of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Maguire and Williams were awarded the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize.
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