Death  at Burton Park, near Buttevant, in this county of Cork  Mrs. Johanna Allen, aged 114 years. She retained full possession of her mental faculties ; she had a clear recollection, and would often relate many remarkable events connected with the history of her country which happened more than 100 years ago—she was animated with most ardent and patriotic sentiments and felt the most lively interest in the career of O’Connell. Her conversation was a correct and complete history of Ireland for the last century, she could vividly relate the state of comfort and prosperity in which her countrymen lived, and the prosperous and thriving state of our woollen and other manufactures before the union, when every rood maintained its man. The remarkable events connected with the American war, the Irish Volunteers, and the disastrous scenes of ’98, were all frequently related by her to her neighbours. She was followed to the grave by several great-great- grandchildren.

 

 

The Cork Examiner, 1 January 1847