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Saturday 7 March 2015

1862 - Longevity

LONGEVITY
There lives in the parish of Annadown, an old woman named Mary Trimbleton, who is on the verge of her 104th year. She has been able to provide for herself, and superintended her little home till within the last few days, when she became slightly indisposed. -Mr. Kearney, the relieving officer of the district, has been giving the poor old creature out door relief. It was with reluctance she received the pittance afforded her, and when told that the guardians of the union deemed her age a sufficient claim on them, she replied that the times would soon be better, when her friends would willingly support her, and not allow her to be dependent on the bread of charity!
The Galway Vindictor and Connaught Advertiser, 19 July 1862.

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