| Phyllis Furness | |
 Phyllis Furness on her 108th birthday in 2023 | |
| Birth: | 23 May 1915 Nottinghamshire, England |
| Death: | 12 August 2024 Galway, Ireland |
| Age: | 109 years, 81 days |
| Country: |  UK  IRL
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| Centenarian | |
Phyllis Olwyn "Phyl" Furness (née Ryder) (23 May 1915 - 12 August 2024) was a British-born Irish centenarian who was the oldest known living person in Ireland at the time of her death.
Biography[]
Phyllis Furness was born as Phyllis Olwyn Ryder in Newark, Northampton, England on 23 May 1915. She married John Furness in 1940 and they had a son named Michael.
She became the oldest known living person in Ireland, following the death of 109-year-old Kitty Jeffery on 17 January 2024.
Phyllis Furness died at a nursing home in Oughterard, Galway, Ireland on 12 August 2024 at the age of 109 years, 81 days. After her death, Ruby Druce became the oldest known living person in Ireland.
References[]
- Galway woman thought to be Ireland’s oldest living person dies at 109 IrishCentral, 13 August 2024
| Ireland's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Jeremiah McCarthy • 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 • Ruby Druce • Sarah Coyle • Eileen Haynes |