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06 Sept 2025

100-year-old Mayo woman votes in elections in Kiltimagh

Rosaleen McNicholas (100) casts her vote in the local and European elections in St Aidan's NS in Kiltimagh

100-year-old Mayo woman votes in elections in Kiltimagh

100-year-old Rosaleen McNicholas pictured casting her vote with her son, Anthony (Pic: John Corless)

A 100-year-old woman who has voted in every election since her twenty-first birthday has cast her vote in today's European and local elections in Kiltimagh. 

Rosaleen McNicholas of Treenagleragh, Kiltimagh, was accompanied by her son, Anthony, at St Aidan's NS School Polling Booth, where she voted in her latest of numerous elections. 

She has voted in every local election, general election, bye-election, referendum, presidential election and and European election since she was eligible.

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