Sa chlár seo cuireann muid aithne níos fearr ar Pat Hume. Bean láidir, chumasach, chliste a d'oibrigh go crua ar son síochán in Éirinn.
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For decades Pat Hume supported her husband, John Hume, in his work towards peace in Ireland, but behind the scenes, Pat was a quietly formidable woman in her own right. This programme celebrates her life, work, activism and family.
For decades Pat Hume supported her husband, John Hume, in his work towards peace in Ireland, but behind the scenes, Pat was a quietly formidable woman in her own right.
"If John Hume was the father of the peace process in Ireland, then Pat Hume was the mother of it" (Mary McAleese)
In this episode of Cloch le Carn we look back at the extraordinary life of a very ordinary woman, Pat Hume, told through the eyes of her friends and family, with contributors from Mary McAleese, Bríd Rodgers and Pat's daughter Áine Hume.
Pat and John Hume shared a marriage and a partnership that endured for over sixty years. She was John’s guiding light, never wavering, she was his advisor, confidant, and supporter of his vision for lasting peace in Northern Ireland. A vision at times that seemed impossible to achieve given the cycles of violence and bloodshed that Northern Ireland endured, violence that often came to their own doorstep. In all of that time her quiet fortitude, strength of character, and good humour was a driving force behind the peace process. She was in her own right a fearless champion for peaceful justice and was the go-to person for many in Derry for help with everything from housing to acting as a go between with the British Army and RUC.
Pat Hume, herself a teacher, admitted that when she married John Hume, a shy schoolteacher in 1960, she had no idea that her life would take on a completely different and extraordinary direction. She made many sacrifices in her own life, almost singlehandedly rearing five children, later leaving a successful teaching career to become her husband’s indispensable office manager. Pat Hume spent much of her life in a city at war, some of which came to her own doorstep.
A champion of her husband’s vision for peace, a devoted mother, a community supporter and activist, Pat Hume was fiercely loyal to both her friends and the people of Derry.
"Many people are loved, and many people admired, but Pat Hume was both loved and admired by the people of Derry." (Mary Murphy, her closest friend)
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