The Irish Countrywomen’s Association meeting in Greystones took an unexpected turn this week when long-time member Rita Fitzpatrick turned up.
The 84-year-old took her seat in Thursday’s craft class at St Patrick’s Church community centre, started to crochet, and then rolled up her sleeve to reveal her freshly inked arm.
“Oh lord, they were all around me,” the Wicklow grandmother said. “I don’t know whether they thought I’d lost my head or not, but it was the topic of conversation for the afternoon.”
Fitzpatrick celebrated her upcoming birthday by getting a small love heart tattoo on the top of her left arm. She was joined by her 52-year-old daughter, Sam Donohoe, and 16-year-old granddaughter, Hazel Donohoe, who also had their first tattoos.
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