| Mairin Hughes | |
 Hughes on her 109th birthday in 2023 | |
| Birth: | 22 May 1914 Belfast, Down County, Northern Ireland, UK |
| Death: | 6 September 2023 Chapellizod, Dublin, Ireland |
| Age: | 109 years, 107 days |
| Country: |  IRL
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| Centenarian | |
Mairin Hughes [Irish: Máirín] (née O’Sheehan; 22 May 1914 – 6 September 2023) was an Irish centenarian who was the oldest known living person in Ireland at the time of her death.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Mairin Hughes was born in Belfast, Down County, Northern Ireland, UK on 22 May 1914. Her father was Liam O’Sheehan. She had at least two older brothers Ruaridh and Conn and one sister Elizabeth. She grew up in Rathmore, County Kerry, Ireland.
In 1924, she moved to Cork where she went on to graduate from University College Cork and work in pathology. Hughes did a degree in science and a diploma in education at University College Cork, and worked in the pathology lab in UCC’s Department of Medicine for 14 years.
Hughes married Frank Hughes in 1950 and they lived in Palmerstown. Frank died in 1986.
Later Life[]
Hughes was honoured with a UCC Alumni Achievement Award in 2018. Her cousin Maire Godfrey died in March 2018 at the age of 103.
In May 2021, she celebrated her 107th birthday. At the time, she had one living sister Elizabeth.
She became the oldest known living woman in Ireland, following the death of 107-year-old Nancy Stewart on 10 September 2021.
She became the oldest known living person in Ireland, following the death of 108-year-old Mathew Crowley on 26 August 2022.
Mairin Hughes died at Maryfield nursing home in Chapellizod, Dublin, Ireland on 6 September 2023 at the age of 109 years, 107 days.
Gallery[]
References[]
- Mamó's bucket list ahead of her 100th birthday Irish Times, 23 May 2015
- 106 year-old Máirín has a background in chemistry and experimental physics The Echo, 3 June 2020
- Trailblazer Máirín celebrates her 107th birthday The Echo, 22 May 2021
- Ireland's oldest nursing home resident celebrates turning 107 - with a trip in the Popemobile Sunday World, 30 May 2021
- UCC alum Máirín Hughes celebrates her 107th birthday UCC Alumni and Development, 31 May 2021
- At 107 years of age Máirín cheers on Liffey canoeists The Echo, 17 September 2021
- Oldest woman in the State celebrates 108th birthday The Irish Times, 21 May 2022
- Ireland’s oldest person offers advice on how to make the most of life Irish Examiner, 22 May 2023
- Ireland’s oldest person treated to afternoon tea with the President The Irish Post, 1 June 2023
- Ireland’s oldest person Máirín Hughes dies aged 109 The Irish Times, 6 September 2023
| Ireland's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Elizabeth Munson • Katie Duggan • Thomas Keaveney • Patrick Ward • Kate Taheny • Peter Harte • Catherine Fitzmaurice • Bernardine O'Malley • Maryann Henthorne • Mamie Geraghty • Agnes O'Brien • Margaret Cranny • Mary Ellen Geaney • Annie Murphy • Carthage Bohan • Catherine Stapleton • Mary Murray • Mary O'Neill • John Ryan • Margaret Dolan • Eileen Richardson • Annie Callan • Bridget Conroy • Margaret Conway • Olivia Breen • Statia Kealy • Mary Kate Byrne • Margaret O'Connell • Molly Madden • Nora Canavan • Sarah Clancy • Elizabeth Gallagher • Margaret Boland • Dorothea Findlater • Elizabeth Dempsey • Mary Coyne • Alice Kelly • Kitty Byrne • Peg O'Sullivan • Michael O'Connor • Mathew Crowley • Mairin Hughes • Kitty Jeffery • Phyllis Furness |