Live life to the full and relish the simple things, says Máirín Hughes
Ireland’s oldest woman has marked her 109th birthday by sharing two tips on how to enjoy a long life: don’t waste time, and live it to the full.
Hughes was born on 22 May 1914, two months before the outbreak of the first world war, and remembers her mother taking care of people during theShe celebrated her latest milestone with friends by boarding a vintage bus for a tour of Dublin’s Phoenix Park, with afternoon tea, before returning to her nursing home in nearby Chapelizod.about the secret to a long life, she replied: “Live life to the full. Not to waste any time, I think, is important.
Hughes studied science at University College Cork – an unusual choice for women at the time – and graduated with a BSc in 1935. She worked as a chemist at the university’s medical laboratory and in the 50s moved with her husband to Dublin, where she worked as a teacher. The couple did not have children.
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