At 107 years old, Elizabeth Heaney from Ballynahinch, Co. Down is believed to be the oldest practising Catholic in Northern Ireland.She turned 107 on Christmas Eve and was welcomed to Mass in St Patrick’s Church in Ballynahinch on Sunday, January 13.
Up until a couple of years ago Mrs Heaney was a daily Massgoer and she still attends as often as her health allows.“She was actually driving to Mass until she was two months short of her 100th birthday and we decided she really shouldn’t be driving anymore,” said her daughter Mary O’Hare.