| Centenarians are rare in themselves, of course, but male centenarians particularly so. |
| Irish centenarians are largely a docile, low-maintenance lot who ask little of the state and get little from it. |
| Some, such as Oka and Sealtest, are centenarians, while others are setting popularity records. |
| The median age of the veterans is 77.5 for men and 79.2 for women, and there are 1,000 who are centenarians. |
| The remarkable double act of two centenarians in one family was achieved by Phyllis Powell and her sister, 103-year-old Gladys Glyde. |
| In 1955, three years after becoming monarch, she sent 105 birthday telegrams to centenarians. |
