Eileen Sinnott was joined by over 90 family and friends to celebrate a remarkable life that started in 1925
Eileen Sinnott celebrated her 100th birthday with a party in the Talbot Hotel on Sunday afternoon. Pic: Jim Campbell
Eileen Sinnott celebrated her 100th birthday with a party in the Talbot Hotel on Sunday afternoon pictured with family and friends. Pic: Jim Campbell
Eileen Sinnott celebrated her 100th birthday with a party in the Talbot Hotel on Sunday afternoon pictured with her family. Pic: Jim Campbell
A Wexford woman who recently celebrated her 100th birthday and only wears white has been described by her daughter Colleen as “very stylish all her life” – so much so, that she goes by the nickname Coco Chanel.
Back in 2023, it was reported that the number of Irish people living to 100 or more hit record levels the previous year and would continue to rise exponentially as our life expectancy at birth is now the highest in the EU.
That group of citizens who have reached that milestone, and lived through World War II, the advent of electricity and the moon landing are still part of something exclusive.
Wexford centenarian Eileen Sinnott celebrated her 100th birthday on Sunday in the Talbot Hotel, with over 90 family and friends from all over the world, including Australia Portugal and the UK, travelling to Wexford Town to celebrate her energetic and colourful life, which started more than two decades before the foundation of the Republic.
Eileen Sinnott celebrated her 100th birthday with a party in the Talbot Hotel on Sunday afternoon pictured with family and friends. Pic: Jim Campbell
Eileen, a mother to Shane, Siobhan, Colleen, Carmel, Fergus, Victor and Barrie, who were born between 1961 and 1969, says that the secret to her long life has been tea. She believes a pot of tea sorts everything in life.
Eileen’s husband passed away in 2006. Throughout her long life she has seen a lot. She remembers living through the second World War which was known as The Emergency in Ireland. W.T Cosgrave was President of the Executive Council, the year Eileen was born, and she has kept a close eye on politics.
Alongside gardening, a passion of Eileen’s is maintaining scrap books with countless newspaper clippings from across the decade. An avid follower of news from across the water, she vividly remembers the tragic death of Princess Diana in 1997, following a car crash in Parish.
When Irish citizens reach the age of 100, they receive the Centenarian Bounty, which is a national award given by the President of Ireland.
The Centenarian Bounty is awarded on behalf of the President. A letter of congratulations accompanies the award.
Eileen is delighted to have received her letter from President Michael D Higgins.