'A character with a twinkle in her eye': Cork's Mary McGrath dies just shy of 105th birthday

Mary McGrath, who was born on the day of the 1916 Easter Rising, had recently recovered from Covid-19.
'A character with a twinkle in her eye': Cork's Mary McGrath dies just shy of 105th birthday

Mary McGrath pictured at Ballyphehane Togher CDP, in Bishopscourt Residential Care facility last month.

Popular Cork woman Mary McGrath has passed away today, just shy of her 105th birthday.

Ms McGrath, who was born on the day of the 1916 Easter Rising, had recently recovered from Covid-19.

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