A history of Ireland through the eyes of its oldest woman — Máirín Hughes
![A history of Ireland through the eyes of its oldest woman — Máirín Hughes A history of Ireland through the eyes of its oldest woman — Máirín Hughes](/cms_media/module_img/7492/3746053_13_articlesmall_IMG-20230907-WA0008_1_.jpg)
Máirín Hughes in a model T Ford the same age as herself – 108 years old. She went around Dublin's Phoenix Park in it last September. Picture: Paul Kerr
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![A celebration was held for Máirín Hughes on her 109th birthday earlier this year. A celebration was held for Máirín Hughes on her 109th birthday earlier this year.](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7491/3745903_22_articleinline_2.72300114.jpg.jpg)
![Máirín's father Liam Sheehan, Máirín, her brother Sean and mother Annie (née Dinneen), circa 1921. Annie designed the dress Máirín is wearing, using a Celtic design copied from one of the stained-glass windows in St Mary's Cathedral in Killarney. Photo courtesy of Maurice O'Keeffe Máirín's father Liam Sheehan, Máirín, her brother Sean and mother Annie (née Dinneen), circa 1921. Annie designed the dress Máirín is wearing, using a Celtic design copied from one of the stained-glass windows in St Mary's Cathedral in Killarney. Photo courtesy of Maurice O'Keeffe](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7492/3746050_16_articleinline_IMG-20230907-WA0010.jpg)
You can listen to Máirín Hughes' jaunt in a model T Ford in this Irish Life and Lore podcast episode.