She and Mairead Corrigan shared the 1976 Nobel Prize for galvanizing a mass movement to protest sectarian violence during the time known as the Troubles.
Tag: McKeown, Ciaran (1943-2019)
Ciaran McKeown Dies at 76; Sought Peace in Northern Ireland
Mr. McKeown was inspired by the deaths of three children to help found the Peace People, a grass-roots organization that campaigned for an end to violence.