100 year old computer whizz

100 YEARS old and Alasdar MacCana couldn’t come to the phone — he was busy booking a flight to Malta on the Internet!The Oughterard centenarian has officially boarded the information super-highway, having just received a Certificate in Computing from County Galway VEC. And this remarkable man’s achievements don’t end there — last year, he completed the 100-mile Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage across Northern Spain, walking 10 miles each day.Alasdar was a well-known lecturer in Physics at University College Galway until the age of 90, and was later awarded an Honorary Masters in Science. It was this lifelong passion for learning that prompted him to complete the computer course — which was designed by the organisation behind the ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence) and provides an introduction to computers and the Internet, using Windows, file management and email.Born in Scotland to Irish parents, he has also served as a headmaster in All Hallows secondary school in Manchester, before coming to live in Spiddal with his late wife Magdalene in 1973.“He’s always..............