Hume honoured in peace chair funding

Published Sunday, 09 September 2012
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Two politicians who helped boost the peace process were honoured in Londonderry on Sunday as the University of Ulster announced further funding of £876,000 for the John Hume and Thomas P O'Neill Chair in Peace.

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The gala event at Magee Campus brought together politicians and diplomats of the present to pay tribute to the achievements of two key figures of the past.

It marked the centenary of the birth of Irish-American US politician O'Neill, and celebrated former SDLP Leader John Hume's 75th birthday.

The two men are widely credited for helping to bring peace to Northern Ireland.

Aine Abbott, Mr Hume's daughter, said: "It was a lovely warm hearted event and a real tribute for all here at Magee which is a fantastic institution.

"And a great to see a chair of learning and a chair that are going to explore peace studies and further that really important work around the world."

SDLP MP Mark Durkan said: "It is a signal honour for John Hume that he is going to be honoured now and a permanent chair, linked to Tim O'Neill who was also such a mentor for him as well as a supporter.

"He was the one who helped to move Washington in a very positive way to follow the Hume line. That helped to create so much about the British Irish agreements that actually set the context for the peace process."

The John Hume and Thomas P O'Neill Chair in Peace will be a full-time academic position that will form part of the University of Ulster's wider peace initiatives, applying lessons from Northern Ireland's peace process to conflict zones around the world.

Thomas P O'Neill III explained: "My father had never seen the sun shine on Londonderry/Derry, or in Buncranna the way it shines today.

"The prosperity in the eighteen years from his passing is really quite dramatic. He would be thrilled."

The university has secured two of the three million pounds needed to fund the project.

A fundraising drive is underway to raise the rest of the money.

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Marty in Singapore wrote (256 days ago):
Congratulations Mr Hume. Recognition at home in Derry along with The Hume chair of studies at the very prestigious University of Sydney Australia is a great recognition of your had work for peace and education. Dave, I feel sorry for you. i really do! God look down on your wit! Your lack of knowledge regardind Derry, John Hume, Tip O'Neill and nationalism in general is truly idiotic! These men worked for peace, civil rights and jobs for everyone regardless of religion.
What a Joke!! in belfast wrote (256 days ago):
@ Dave, your having a laugh!!! John Hume is a true gentleman and worked damn hard to bring peace to this country,if we had more people like him Ireland would be a better place!! Ps would love to know if you done history at school because you seem to know VERY LITTLE !!! sad person. Well done John.
dave in northern ireland wrote (256 days ago):
hume helped start the troubles he is no man of peace,just a schemer who schemed with adams to bring about the anglo irish agreement and britians surrender to the ira,the good friday agreement in which gullable unionists where brainwashed into voting for.
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