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Robbie
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Jean McCullagh of Larne, who was thought to be the oldest living person in Northern Ireland, sadly passed away on 16 September 2022 aged 107 years, 291 days. 

https://classifieds.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/advert/northern-ireland/family-notices/death-notices/512530/Mccullagh-Jane-Whiteford-jean-n-e-Lyttle

The oldest living person in Northern Ireland is now believed to be Agnes Thompson of Belfast (b. 2 September 1915). 


   
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Bernard O'Neill - of Ballygawley, Tyrone, Northern Ireland - died in August 1896 at the claimed age of 107.

This Ancestry profile was created for him, but I don't know how reliable the info is (supposedly, his mother lived to be c.111):

Profile picture: Marita Camacho Quirós (1911-Present)


   
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Or maybe even older....

am generally very sceptical of these 19th century Irish claims; there were 514 centenarians reported in the 1901 census, five times the number in 1990.

https://finbarrconnolly.com/chronicle/


   
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N Ireland's second oldest person, May Armstrong, has died at 107 years 203 days -

https://www.ireland-live.ie/news/derry-now/1354436/derry-death-notices-wednesday-22nd-november-2023.html#textlink0#textlink0

https://finbarrconnolly.com/chronicle/


   
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https://finbarrconnolly.com/chronicle/


   
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This appears to be the oldest person in Northern Ireland, listed on Andrew's site, now deceased at 109yrs 10mths

https://www.ireland-live.ie/news/derry-now/1731123/derry-death-notices-monday-february-17-2025.html#textlink0#textlink0

RIP Rebecca (Ruby) Allen.

https://finbarrconnolly.com/chronicle/


   
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She was the 18th oldest living person in the UK, the 2nd oldest in Northern Ireland history, the 146th oldest person in UK history, she is the 5th oldest person born in 1914 to die to date
Agnes Thompson, from Belfast, born 2 Sept 1915 is the oldest living person in Northern Ireland now


   
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Ms. Agnes Thompson of Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, sadly passed away on 17 March 2025 at the age of 109.

She was born on 2 September 1915.

She was the 19th OLP of the United Kingdom.

https://oldestinbritain.nfshost.com/deaths.php

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http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
Persone viventi più longeve in Italia – Supercentenari d'Italia (supercentenariditalia.it)


   
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Posted by: @finbarrc

Or maybe even older....

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am generally very sceptical of these 19th century Irish claims; there were 514 centenarians reported in the 1901 census, five times the number in 1990.

What's a huge shame is that Irish 19th century census records were overwhelmingly destroyed, so checking such claims becomes extraordinarily difficult. I have no doubt that most of them were fake, but I do wonder about the few that could have potentially been real. Not necessarily saying that this man's case was one of them, of course.

 


   
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