| Kitty Jeffery | |
 Jeffery on her 109th birthday in 2023 | |
| Birth: | 12 November 1914 Glenville, Cork, Ireland |
| Death: | 17 January 2024 Wilton, Cork, Ireland |
| Age: | 109 years, 66 days |
| Country: |  IRL
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| Centenarian | |
Kitty Jeffery (née Clancy; 12 November 1914 – 17 January 2024) was a Irish centenarian who was the oldest known living person in Ireland at the time of her death.
Biography[]
Kitty Jeffery was born in Glenville, Cork, Ireland on 12 November 1914. She became widowed in 1986. She always said that the Civil War was the worst period in Irish history that she lived through arising out of the division in families.
Kitty “never cursed” and hated a lie of any kind. She spoke Irish and loved reading and doing the Irish Examiner crossword. She never smoked or drank — with the exception of a rare glass of Bailey’s Irish Cream.
Kitty loved chocolates and flowers and her perfect Mother’s Day involved having a family lunch at a restaurant in Cork.
In November 2014, Kitty celebrated her 100th birthday and became a centenarian.
She became the oldest known living person in Ireland, following the death of 109-year-old Mairin Hughes on 6 September 2023.
Kitty Jeffery died at Cork University Hospital in Wilton, Cork, Ireland on 17 January 2024 at the age of 109 years, 66 days. After her death, Phyllis Furness became the oldest known living person in Ireland.
Gallery[]
References[]
- Ireland’s oldest person celebrates birthday in Cork Irish Independent, 13 November 2023
- One of Ireland's oldest women, Kitty Jeffrey, has died aged 109 The Journal, 18 January 2024
- Ireland’s oldest person dies at the age of 109 Irish Examiner, 18 January 2024
- Death notice RIP.ie, 18 January 2024
| Ireland's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Elizabeth Munson • Katie Duggan • Thomas Keaveney • Patrick Ward • Kate Taheny • Peter Harte • Catherine Fitzmaurice • Bernardine O'Malley • Maryann Henthorne • Mamie Geraghty • Agnes O'Brien • Margaret Cranny • Mary Ellen Geaney • Annie Murphy • Carthage Bohan • Catherine Stapleton • Mary Murray • Mary O'Neill • John Ryan • Margaret Dolan • Eileen Richardson • Annie Callan • Bridget Conroy • Margaret Conway • Olivia Breen • Statia Kealy • Mary Kate Byrne • Margaret O'Connell • Molly Madden • Nora Canavan • Sarah Clancy • Elizabeth Gallagher • Margaret Boland • Dorothea Findlater • Elizabeth Dempsey • Mary Coyne • Alice Kelly • Kitty Byrne • Peg O'Sullivan • Michael O'Connor • Mathew Crowley • Mairin Hughes • Kitty Jeffery • Phyllis Furness |