Maeve Hillery

Maeve Hillery
Born Mary Beatrice Finnegan
(1924-08-14)14 August 1924
Douglas, Cork, Ireland
Died 10 January 2015(2015-01-10) (aged 90)
Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland
Resting place St. Fintan's Cemetery, Sutton, Dublin, Ireland
Nationality Irish
Alma mater University College Dublin
Spouse(s) Patrick Hillery (m. 1955; d. 2008)
Children
  • John
  • Vivienne

Mary Beatrice Hillery (née Finnegan; 14 August 1924 – 10 January 2015), known as Maeve Hillery, was an Irish anaesthetist who was the wife of the 6th President of Ireland, Patrick Hillery.

Maeve Finnegan was educated at University College Dublin, where she studied medicine. It was here that she met her future husband, Patrick Hillery, who was also studying medicine. The couple married on 27 October 1955. Together they had a son, John, and a daughter, Vivienne, who died after a long illness in 1985, shortly before her eighteenth birthday. Patrick later served in a number of political roles, including Foreign Minister and European Commissioner. After the completion of his term as a European Commissioner in 1976, he contemplated leaving politics and returning to medicine. Instead, Hillery was asked to become the sixth President of Ireland. Patrick Hillery died on 12 April 2008.[1] She died in Dublin, on 10 January 2015.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Tributes, State Funeral for Hillery". RTÉ News. 12 April 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
  2. ↑ Dr Maeve Hillery, the widow of former President Patrick Hillery, has died
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