List of Irish supercentenarians

Katherine Plunket (22 November 1820 – 14 October 1932)

This list includes Irish supercentenarians (people from Ireland who have attained the age of at least 110 years) whose lifespans have been verified by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). There have been, including emigrants, 15 verified supercentenarians from Ireland. The oldest person ever to die in Ireland was Katherine Plunket at 111 years, 327 days. The oldest ever person born in Ireland was Kathleen Snavely, who died aged 113 years, 140 days in the United States. All Irish supercentenarians were born at a time when the island of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom.

Irish supercentenarians

Below is a list of the oldest people who were born on the island of Ireland.

  Deceased

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Death date	Age	Birth county	Place of death or residence
01	Kathleen Snavely[1]	F	16 February 1902	6 July 2015	113 years, 140 days	Clare	United States
02	Annie Scott[2]	F	15 March 1883	21 April 1996	113 years, 37 days	Tyrone[3][a]	Scotland (UK)
03	Henrietta Irwin[1]	F	27 May 1906	15 January 2019	112 years, 233 days	Antrim[a]	Canada
04	Katherine Plunket[2]	F	22 November 1820	14 October 1932	111 years, 327 days	Louth	Louth
05	Elizabeth Munson[4]	F	6 May 1872	2 February 1984	111 years, 272 days	Dublin	Dublin
06	Margaret Hegarty[5]	F	2 April 1880	14 November 1991	111 years, 226 days	Cork	United States
07	Jane Webster[6]	F	17 April 1906	31 October 2017	111 years, 197 days	Antrim[a]	England (UK)
08	Margaret Dolan[1]	F	30 August 1893	2 December 2004	111 years, 94 days	Galway	Galway
09	Margaret Linehan[4]	F	27 April 1892	18 February 2003	110 years, 297 days	Cork	United States
10	Catherine Furey[2]	F	6 April 1893	30 November 2003	110 years, 238 days	Roscommon	United States
11	Elizabeth Watkins[2]	F	10 March 1863	21 October 1973[7]	110 years, 225 days	Antrim[a]	Antrim (UK)
12	Ellen Green[1]	F	19 July 1878	4 December 1988	110 years, 138 days	Antrim[a]	Canada
13	Mary Ellen Geaney[1]	F	2 January 1886	5 April 1996	110 years, 94 days	Cork	Cork
14	Maud Nicholl[8]	F	3 July 1909	19 September 2019[9]	110 years, 78 days	Antrim[a]	Antrim (UK)
15	Margaret Bly[1]	F	28 June 1894	4 August 2004	110 years, 37 days	Donegal	United States

Notes

1. Scott, Irwin, Webster, Watkins, Green and Nicholl were born in Northern Ireland, then part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, now part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

References

1. Epstein, Louis; Young, Robert; Adams, Johnny; Muir, Mark (6 July 2023). "GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List – Validated Deceased Supercentenarians". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
2. Epstein, Louis; Young, Robert; Quesada, Miguel; Muir, Mark; Law, Chris; Wikkerink, Marco (1 January 2015). "Table B – Verified Supercentenarians (Ranked By Age)". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
3. "Oldest woman dies". Irish Independent. 23 April 1996. p. 3. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
4. Epstein, Louis; Young, Robert; Quesada, Miguel; Muir, Mark; Law, Chris; Wikkerink, Marco (15 March 2015). "GRG Pending Cases List". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
5. "2022 validations". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
6. "Jean Webster, longest-lived person born in Northern Ireland". Henley Standard. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
7. "Deaths". Belfast Telegraph. 23 October 1973. p. 4. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
8. Preston, Allan (4 July 2019). "Ireland's oldest woman Maud's day of laughter celebrating 110th birthday". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
9. "'Ireland's oldest woman' Maud Nicholl laid to rest in Ballymena - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk". Belfasttelegraph.

External links

• Looking at the secrets of Ireland's centenarians Irish Times
• Ireland's Oldest People [Finbarr Connolly Website]