Mary Beatrice (Maeve) Hillery (née Finnegan; c. 1924 – 10 January 2015) was an Irish anaesthetist and wife of Patrick Hillery, who was President of Ireland from 1976 to 1990.Maeve Finnegan was educated at University College Dublin where she studied medicine. It was here that she met her future husband, Patrick Hillery, who was also studying medicine. The couple married on 27 October 1955.