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Ireland’s ‘oldest person’ dies aged 109

Ireland’s ‘oldest person’ dies aged 109

She was born in 1915. A woman thought to be Ireland’s oldest person has died aged 109. Phyllis Furness died in Galway on Monday evening, after celebrating her 109th birthday in May at Moycullen Nursing Home. Born Phyllis Olwyn Ryder, she was born in 1915 in Northampton, England alongside one brother, two sisters, and three […]

2 years ago

Tributes paid to man who died in Sligo waterfall as he is named

Tributes paid to man who died in Sligo waterfall as he is named

RIP. Tributes have been paid to a man who tragically died after he fell near Ireland’s tallest waterfall in Sligo. Named locally as Anthony Doorhy from Loughrea in Galway, he was on a trip to Glencar when he fell 20 metres from a walkway at the Devil’s Chimney waterfall. It is also believed that Anthony […]

4 years ago