Centenarian put long life down to dancing and wine

A Tipperary woman who has passed away aged 105 put her long life down to having a glass of wine and a dance every day, her family said yesterday.

Elizabeth McNamara, who had nine children, lived at home with one of her daughters right up until her last days.

Born on Sep 27, 1906, she lived through the tenures of nine popes, two world wars, the 1916 Rising, the sinking of the Titanic, the Black and Tans, and the election of the first African-American president.