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OLDER THAN IRELAND SKILLS & HERITAGE
A DVD of the film is now available to buy in major retailers nationwide.“When we got electricity we didn’t know where we were....shining
- A combined total of over 600 yearsall over the place. Now you could see all the dust!”
“ MESSERS ..AND YOU’RE WHAT?” “...103”
-Ryan Turbridy with Bessie Nolan on the Late Late Show
“I’ve no mobile phone but I’m glad to be mobile myself!”
It was a balmy autumn day as I joined the crowds for over a hundred years old. Surrounded by these
the launch of a pioneering new film by Alex Fagan titled glamorous great-grannies and smiling centenarians,
“Older than Ireland” at Dublin’s Light House cinema. popular R.T.E. presenter Miriam ‘O Callaghan got the
Amidst the beauty, glamour and buzz of excitement I celebrations off to a wonderful start. A joy and sense of
would have been forgiven for thinking I was in deep respect for those elders among us as well as the
Hollywood and yet today the stars of the show were all value of family and strength through generations was
quite palpable among those present. It was clear that
the younger members of the audience were terrifically
proud of their older relations of one hundred years and
more who were now having a chance to tell their story.
Never before have we had such a privileged view of
some of Ireland’s most elderly people, nor have we had
the opportunity to consider what it means to grow older
in a changing Ireland. Meeting these many
characters on screen we have a glimpse of life as it
appears through the eyes of 30 men and women born
before 1916.
Since it went on general release, Older than Ireland has
seen sell out shows all over Ireland with community
halls becoming cinemas and nursing homes and day
centers making a special effort to give everyone the
opportunity to see the film. And it does not disappoint.
In Older Than Ireland, we meet a cast of colourful
characters who share with us their loves and joys,
stories from their lives and a rare insight into the history
of 20th century Ireland. Among them are Bessie Nolan,
Drimnagh, 103; Jack Powell, 101, Nenagh;
Kathleen Brennan, 100, Longford. The oldest Irish
woman is New York based Kathleen Snavely who left
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A DVD of the film is now available to buy in major retailers nationwide.“When we got electricity we didn’t know where we were....shining
- A combined total of over 600 yearsall over the place. Now you could see all the dust!”
“ MESSERS ..AND YOU’RE WHAT?” “...103”
-Ryan Turbridy with Bessie Nolan on the Late Late Show
“I’ve no mobile phone but I’m glad to be mobile myself!”
It was a balmy autumn day as I joined the crowds for over a hundred years old. Surrounded by these
the launch of a pioneering new film by Alex Fagan titled glamorous great-grannies and smiling centenarians,
“Older than Ireland” at Dublin’s Light House cinema. popular R.T.E. presenter Miriam ‘O Callaghan got the
Amidst the beauty, glamour and buzz of excitement I celebrations off to a wonderful start. A joy and sense of
would have been forgiven for thinking I was in deep respect for those elders among us as well as the
Hollywood and yet today the stars of the show were all value of family and strength through generations was
quite palpable among those present. It was clear that
the younger members of the audience were terrifically
proud of their older relations of one hundred years and
more who were now having a chance to tell their story.
Never before have we had such a privileged view of
some of Ireland’s most elderly people, nor have we had
the opportunity to consider what it means to grow older
in a changing Ireland. Meeting these many
characters on screen we have a glimpse of life as it
appears through the eyes of 30 men and women born
before 1916.
Since it went on general release, Older than Ireland has
seen sell out shows all over Ireland with community
halls becoming cinemas and nursing homes and day
centers making a special effort to give everyone the
opportunity to see the film. And it does not disappoint.
In Older Than Ireland, we meet a cast of colourful
characters who share with us their loves and joys,
stories from their lives and a rare insight into the history
of 20th century Ireland. Among them are Bessie Nolan,
Drimnagh, 103; Jack Powell, 101, Nenagh;
Kathleen Brennan, 100, Longford. The oldest Irish
woman is New York based Kathleen Snavely who left
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