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Meet Ireland's 80-Year-Old Insta-famous Granny

I was about to say 'I bet your granny doesn't look as good as this lady', but now that I think of it...
TodayFM
TodayFM

12:23 PM - 12 Nov 2018



Dave Moore

Meet Ireland's 80-Year-Old Insta-famous Granny

TodayFM
TodayFM

12:23 PM - 12 Nov 2018

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I was about to say 'I bet your granny doesn't look as good as this lady', but now that I think of it, not many people do.

Eileen Smith is a 79-year-old nan who lives in Ballsbridge, Dublin. She was recently crowned Best Fashion Influencer 2018 at the Irish Beauty Blog Awards and is absolutely killing it on Instagram. 

Ms Smith has over 50,000 followers (and growing) after wowing people with her classic look and charming nature.

That's a massive feat, considering she only joined the platform roughly two years ago for a bit of fun and to keep in touch with her family.

Speaking on Today FM's Dermot and Dave, the mum of four tells us how she got into it, with thanks to her daughters, "when we'd buy something new, like a handbag or a dress or anything, they'd say 'take a photograph and send it', so we did that and then my daughter in Limerick suggested I would go on Instagram, and that's what started it". 

"It surprises me because most of the people that follow me are between 18 and 25", she revealed. But she has fans all over the place, as she laughed in saying, "even the women selling the flowers down Grafton Street will shout after me for pictures". 

When it comes to her style, Eileen keeps it simple, "I like mixing and matching and I like classic clothes rather than following what's trendy for young people". 

She also told us why you would never find her in a pair of trackies, had a laugh about her friends and their "Mars bar phones", and let us in on the secret as to how she is able to travel First Class with Emirates when visiting her daughter in Australia each year. 

 
 
 
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Leaving Dubai now and enjoying the First Class with @Emirates.

A post shared by Eileen Smith (@eileenstylequeen) on

Hands up if you think they should just rename it 'Instagran' in honour of Eileen *waves hand in the air furiously 

You can check out her Instagram account here and catch her chat on Dermot and Dave by pressing the play button in the image at the top of the page.

 


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