Buncrana resident Brigid Clafferty celebrated a very special 101st birthday this week.
A huge Donegal fan, she got to watch her favourite team beat neighbours Derry on Sunday.
Brigid and her incredible extended family were able to get together after the game to celebrate the family matriarch.
Married to her husband James Clafferty, together they had eight children.
The family tree kept growing though, with Brigid also having 16 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren, and four great great grandchildren!
Brigid out and about in Buncrana this week!
When she was just 15, she moved from a rural farm to work and live at the Swilly Hotel, before becoming the long-time cook at the Faulat factory for 23 years, directly opposite her home on Lower Main Street in Buncrana.
She then worked at the White Strand Hotel until her retirement.
Brigid was able to keep active for some time, often being seen around town on her trusty black bicycle until she entered her eighties.
According to Brigid, she says the secret to life is hard work, good natural food and having very little alcohol.
Keeping active, her family say Brigid pops out to the hairdressers often and, as you can see, is very stylish.
Brigid enjoying her 101st birthday tea during the week.
She loves going out for lunch with her family, reading newspapers and watching sport – especially the GAA – and being surrounded by all of her grandchildren and great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.
Brigid says she hopes Jim McGuinness and the boys, particularly the Inishowen ones, can now push on and win another Ulster and All-Ireland!
A happy 101st birthday to Brigid from us all here at Donegal Daily.
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