Sarah Clancy

Sarah Clancy (2 May 1908 – 27 December 2016) was an Irish centenarian noted for being the oldest living person in Ireland.

Biography
Sarah Treasa Clancy was born on 2 May 1908 in Carraroe, County Galway, Ireland, the daughter of Tom and Mary Clancy. She had eight brothers and sisters. She never married nor had children.

She emigrated to Boston in the 1930s where she lived for 50 years and continued to speak her native gaeilge with her sister Anne who moved with her. She worked as a maid and a cook in the States where she had meticulous attention to detail. Sarah returned to her Carraroe in 1988 when her sister Anne passed away. She became the oldest person in Ireland on 19 July 2016, then aged 108, following the death of 108-year-old Nora Canavan.

Sarah Clancy passed away on 27 December 2016 in Carraroe, County Galway, Ireland, at the age of 108 years, 239 days.