The 1st Quiet Peacebuilders Award – Recognising The Quiet Peacebuilders

As part of Peace Summit 2024, the John and Pat Hume Foundation, with the support of the International Fund for Ireland, organised an event to Recognise The Quiet Peacebuilders on Tuesday 26 November 2024 12:00 PM – 2:30 PM in the Guildhall Derry/Londonderry, BT48 6DQ.

Speakers included: Mayor of Derry Lillian Seenoi Barr, Mark Durkan and Daphne Trimble.

Tim Attwood said: “The John and Pat Hume Foundation and the Peace Summit Partners wanted to recognise the Quiet Peacebuilders, who during the Troubles and today, quietly and courageously promoted peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland and on cross border.”

Tim Attwood added; “‘The BBC’s Fergal Keane once said ‘Blessed are the peacemakers who were there from the start’. We owe a debt of gratitude to the men and women who in their streets and communities, in NI and on a cross border basis,  promoted peace and reconciliation in the darkest days of the violence and continue to show exemplar leadership today.”

Paddy Harte, IFI Chair said; “The International Fund for Ireland is proud to support this important event which acknowledges quiet peacebuilders. These individuals have been instrumental in delivering the relative peace that we all take for granted today. They are the real heroes of the Peace Process and continue to deliver positive leadership and community transformation every day.”

The full nominee list is as follows:

• Elaine Burns Kane
• Janice Beggs
• Davy Adams
• Bethany Moore
• Damien McNally
• Deirdre MacBride
• Brian Caskey
• Maureen Hetherington
• Marie Brown
• Pauline Ross
• Breezy Willow
• Ivy Goddard
• Stephen Hughes
• Julia Kee
• Anne Marie Bell
• Geraldine O’Kane and Cathy Rourke
• Eamon Deane
• PJ Hallinan
• Frank Gaffikin
• Jackie Redpath