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Ireland’s Second Oldest Woman Passes at 107 | Cork News
Bridie Colleary, Ireland’s second-oldest person at 107, passed away peacefully at home just months shy of her 108th birthday, leaving behind a legacy of resilience, love, and quiet strength. Born in 1918, she raised five children alone after her husband’s tragic death in 1961, tending to her family with grit and grace—growing food, cutting turf, and even delivering all her children at home. She weathered another devastating loss in 1983 when her daughter and granddaughter died in a car crash, yet continued living fiercely into her nineties, rarely needing a doctor until she broke her hip at…
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