| Ruby Druce | |
 Ruby Druce on her 109th birthday in 2024 | |
| Birth: | 31 December 1915 Donegal, Ireland |
| Death: | 20 March 2025 Donegal, Ireland |
| Age: | 109 years, 79 days |
| Country: |  IRL
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| Centenarian | |
Ruby Druce (31 December 1915 – 20 March 2025) was an Irish centenarian who was the oldest known living person in Ireland at the time of her death.
Biography[]
Ruby Druce was born in Donegal, Ireland on 31 December 1915 to George Crawford and Elizabeth (née McBride. She worked in Porter’s Shirt Factory from the age of 14 to 62. In 1956, she married James Druce.
She became the oldest known living person in Ireland, following the death of 109-year-old Phyllis Furness on 12 August 2024.
Ruby Druce died in Donegal, Ireland on 20 March 2025 at the age of 109 years, 79 days
References[]
- Ruby Druce ‘loving life’ as she celebrates 108th birthday Donegal Daily, 31 December 2023
- Woman thought to be Ireland's oldest person dies aged 109 Rte, 21 March 2025
| 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 • Ruby Druce • Sarah Coyle |