Maggie Nora O'Donnell celebrates her 100th birthday in style at Caisleáin Óir

Maggie Nora O'Donnell from Meenbanad, Burtonport, is celebrating her 100th birthday today in some style.

Friends and family have gathered at Caisleáin Óir Hotel for the party.

"Wishing my neighbour Maggie Nora O'Donnell a very happy 100th birthday," Daniel O'Donnell posted this evening. 

Maggie was born on July 31, 1924, the daughter of Charles and Hannah O'Donnell and had four brothers and one sister. She went to school locally in Meenbanad, starting in 1928 before going onto Loughanure Tech.

In an interview with Mary Rodgers earlier this year, Maggie remembers working opening the gates for the train in the Rosses, who ran into the 1940s. After World World II, Maggie worked on the buses as a conductor. She recalls going dancing, where she "would meet a lot from home."

"We were very clannish," she joked.

Maggie then moved home where she said "life was hard" and the family took over the local post office in 1974, two years after her mother passed and stayed there 40 years until 2004. Maggie has great health and in 2009 began going to Maghery Social Club, where she has a wide circle of friends.

"That was good craic," she said. "I knew everybody."