Northern Ireland's oldest person has marked her 107th birthday 🎉🎈🎂
Agnes Thompson is one of the oldest women in Northern Ireland, in fact she's older than Northern Ireland.She has lived through a lot - men on the moon, world wars and violence in her own back yard.
Asked about celebrating this birthday and others, Agnes said she had lots of lovely memories from across the years.Mrs Hill told the BBC that for Agnes the most important thing was having her family around her. Agnes is a resident of an east Belfast care home and, like all care home residents and their families, the last few years haven't been easy,She had covid twice, but being able to celebrate together again is very special for the family.
Mrs Hill said she felt the key to her grandmother's long life has been "being interested in everything".
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