| Margaret O'Connell | |
 O'Connell at the age of 105. | |
| Birth: | 27 February 1905 County Donegal, Ireland |
| Death: | 20 December 2014 Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland |
| Age: | 109 years, 296 days |
| Country: |  IRL
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| Centenarian | |
Margaret Josephine "Peg" O'Connell (née Flood; 27 February 1905 – 20 December 2014) was an Irish centenarian who was the oldest known living person in Ireland for the final 2 years of her life.
Biography[]
O'Connell was born as Margaret Josephine Flood in County Donegal, Ireland (then part of the UK) on 27 February 1905. She was arrested several times by the British during the Irish Civil War, and hid messages in her hair. She met Tom O'Connell in 1922, and were married on 16 June 1923. They had five children, only one of whom was living as of 2013.
O'Connell barely talked and often slept during her final years. She credited her longevity to never drinking alcohol. She became Ireland's oldest living person following the death of Mary Kate Byrne on 31 December 2012. She was only discovered by The 110 Club users in March 2013. Between these times, 107-year-old Annie Kett (10 November 1905 - 5 February 2013) was believed to have been the oldest person alive in Ireland.
She died on 20 December 2014 at the age of 109 years, 296 days. After her death, then-108-year old Molly Madden became the oldest living person in Ireland.
References[]
| 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 |