Education
Maeve Finnegan was educated at University College Dublin where she studied medicine.
Maeve Finnegan was educated at University College Dublin where she studied medicine.
The couple married on 27 October 1955. Patrick later served in a number of political roles, including Foreign Minister and European Commissioner. After the completion of his term as European Commission Commissioner in 1976, he contemplated leaving politics and returning to medicine.
Instead, Hillery was asked to become the sixth President of Ireland.
Patrick died on 12 April 2008. She died in Dublin on 10 January 2015.