UMairead (Corrigan) Maguire uyiLungu Lebhodi Lokweluleka le World BEYOND War. Uzinze eNyakatho Ireland. UMairead uyindondo yeNobel Peace Laureate kanye nomsunguli we Ukuthula Abantu – Northern Ireland 1976. UMairead wazalwa ngo-1944, emndenini wezingane eziyisishiyagalombili eWest Belfast. Lapho eneminyaka engu-14 waba yivolontiya lenhlangano esezingeni eliphansi futhi waqala ngesikhathi sakhe esikhululekile ukusebenza emphakathini wangakubo. Ukuvolontiya kukaMairead, kwamnika ithuba lokusebenza nemindeni, esiza ekumiseni isikhungo sokuqala sezingane ezikhubazekile, izikhungo zokunakekela izingane kanye nentsha yokuqeqesha intsha yendawo emsebenzini womphakathi onokuthula. Ngenkathi ukuboshwa kwethulwa uHulumeni waseBrithani ngo-1971, uMairead kanye nozakwabo bavakashela ikamu le-Long Kesh Internment ukuze bavakashele iziboshwa nemindeni yazo, ezazihlushwa kakhulu yizinhlobo eziningi zobudlova. UMairead, wayengu-anti wezingane ezintathu zakwaMaguire ezashona, ngo-Agasti, 1976, ngenxa yokushayiswa yimoto eyabaleka ye-IRA ngemva kokuba umshayeli wayo edutshulwe yisosha laseBrithani. UMairead (othanda impi) uphendule odlameni olubhekene nomndeni wakhe kanye nomphakathi ngokuhlela, kanye noBetty Williams kanye noCiaran McKeown, imibhikisho emikhulu yokuthula inxusa ukuba kuqedwe ukuchitheka kwegazi, kanye nesixazululo esingenalo udlame kule ngxabano. Ngokubambisana, laba abathathu basungula i-Peace People, inhlangano ezibophezele ekwakheni umphakathi onobulungiswa nongenalo udlame eNyakatho Ireland. I-Peace People ihlela isonto ngalinye, izinyanga eziyisithupha, imibuthano yokuthula kulo lonke elase-Ireland nase-UK. Lawa ahanjelwe yizinkulungwane eziningi zabantu, futhi ngalesi sikhathi lehle ngo-70% izinga lodlame. Ngo-1976 uMairead, kanye noBetty Williams, baklonyeliswa ngendondo ye-Nobel Peace Prize ngezenzo zabo zokusiza ekuletheni ukuthula nokuqeda udlame olwaluvela ngenxa yokungqubuzana kobuhlanga/kwezombusazwe endaweni yabo yaseNyakatho Ireland. Selokhu athola umklomelo weNobel Peace Prize uMairead uqhubekile nokusebenzela ukukhuthaza inkhulumomphendvulwano, ukuthula nokuncishiswa kwezikhali kokubili eNyakatho Ireland nasemhlabeni jikelele. UMairead uvakashele amazwe amaningi, okuhlanganisa, i-USA, Russia, Palestine, North/South Korea, Afghanistan, Gaza, Iran, Syria, Congo, Iraq.
