Death of Ireland's oldest citizen

Gael23

Luke Dolan died last night age 108

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/ireland-s-oldest-man-luke-dolan-dies-at-108-1.1995559

mikemac1

Saw Roscommon win Sam Maguire in 1944 and they never won again

70 years of failure

Notorious97

Nice age to get to! Born before independance, first 50 years of his life he witnessed some amount of events! I hope someone documented his memories at some stage id say he had great stories to tell!

RIP

eyescreamcone

Who's the new title holder?
It should be announced on the news

Kevin McCloud

His sister in America lived a great age too, they had good health, Rip.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

eyescreamcone wrote: »

Who's the new title holder?
It should be announced on the news

If you had read the link in the OP - Co Roscommon retains the distinction of being home to Ireland’s oldest man. Michael Lambert, from Ballintubber, turned 107 last month. The two men, who were born a year and less than 20 miles apart, met for the first time during the summer, when Mr Lambert dropped into Cloverhill to chat about the old days .

teddy_303

eyescreamcone wrote: »

Who's the new title holder?
It should be announced on the news

Co Roscommon retains the distinction of being home to Ireland’s oldest man. Michael Lambert, from Ballintubber, turned 107 last month.

Henlars67

Misleading thread title. He's not Ireland's oldest citizen if he's dead

Notorious97

Henlars67 wrote: »

Misleading thread title. He's not Ireland's oldest citizen if he's dead

He was the oldest and he died, it says death of the oldest citizen, always one. :rolleyes:

Henlars67

Notorious97 wrote: »

He was the oldest and he died, it says death of the oldest citizen, always one. :rolleyes:

He'd be the former oldest citizen

Notorious97

Henlars67 wrote: »

He'd be the former oldest citizen

Jesus its just a thread about an old man who passed away at a great age, do we need to be pedantic about the thread title?

Joe Doe

Relative of mine made it to 115, used to walk 6 miles a day just to pop into mass.
Some say it was the walking that killed him.

Was noted to be the oldest person in the English speaking world at time.
Lived mostly as a vegetarian and grew all his own greens.
- So didn't have any pink-slime-burgers or 2.5ghz wifi signals to bother with.

FullblownRose

A simple life with routine and contentment seems like the key for some people

Senna

Jesus, ya'd think Roscommon people wouldn't want to be in that ****e hole for that length of time.

AreWeAlone

Ireland's oldest man but not oldest person - Margaret O'Connell from Kildare was 109 in February.

Karl Stein

That's only 24 in Dog years.

The_Valeyard

Senna wrote: »

Jesus, ya'd think Roscommon people wouldn't want to be in that ****e hole for that length of time.

World's longest Stockholm syndrome?


Seriously though, RIP.

May We live to be that age with all our bits n bobs intact.

Areyouwell

The OP is one of those posts you want to thank, but know you can't because of how it looks.

Doc

Karl Stein wrote: »

That's only 24 in Dog years.

Actually its 756 in dog years.

Lapin

An article about the oldest man in town.

108 years of age when he kicked it.

108 - And what picture does the article throw up to signify this achivement.



A half eaten boiled egg.

HamsterFace

Apparently it was the water charges what done it

SEPT 23 1989

A child born today should live to see 2114 with ease

Karl Stein

Doc wrote: »

Actually its 756 in dog years.

A 24 year old dog would be ~108 in human years. I guess we're not as evolved as we like to think we are if dogs can outlive us with relative ease.

Captain Chaos

Karl Stein wrote: »

A 24 year old dog would be ~108 in human years. I guess we're not as evolved as we like to think we are if dogs can outlive us with relative ease.

No, a 24 year old dog, to the dog would be about 3 and a half in human years.

iDave

Imagine retiring and still having 4 decades of life ahead of you. No thanks.

AndyBoBandy

Phenomenal age to reach.

_Brian

iDave wrote: »

Imagine retiring and still having 4 decades of life ahead of you. No thanks.

Funny. The opposite here, can't believe I have near three decades of work ahead of me.

And my dad spend his last few years work looking forward to retirement , he retired, brought us all out for dinner to celebrate. Then he passed away suddenly six months after retiring.

Matta Harri

That's good country living for you.

Mr.David

Joe Doe wrote: »

Relative of mine made it to 115.....
....
didn't have any pink-slime-burgers or 2.5ghz wifi signals to bother with.

Without wifi I would estimate that his 115 years felt like about 920.

stmol32

I liked this bit :
"...he attributed his longevity to a boiled egg every day, plenty of sugar in his tea and a 23 year old devoted wife."

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

iDave wrote: »

Imagine retiring and still having 4 decades of life ahead of you. No thanks.

That's where you have it all wrong. I'm retired and it is the best time of my life. I can do anything I want, when I want. I have zero stress and can enjoy all the great things in life. The more years in retirement the better.

topper75

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

A child born today should live to see 2114 with ease

Is there to be a ban on Scania trucks?

o1s1n

Karl Stein wrote: »

That's only 24 in Dog years.

Karl Stein wrote: »

A 24 year old dog would be ~108 in human years. I guess we're not as evolved as we like to think we are if dogs can outlive us with relative ease.

Go back to bed, you're clearly still drunk. :pac:

iDave

Lauren Noisy Malaria wrote: »

That's where you have it all wrong. I'm retired and it is the best time of my life. I can do anything I want, when I want. I have zero stress and can enjoy all the great things in life. The more years in retirement the better.

Fair juice to ya. Arrogance of youth on my part perhaps but I'd rather not live to that age.

Sam Kade

Notorious97 wrote: »

Nice age to get to! Born before independance, first 50 years of his life he witnessed some amount of events! I hope someone documented his memories at some stage id say he had great stories to tell!

RIP

All is not lost as they can always ask the oldest citizen he's 107

Karl Stein

o1s1n wrote: »

Go back to bed, you're clearly still drunk. :pac:

No Sir, sober.

Duggy747

I just don't want to be a blubbering mess, filling me nappy with poo when I'm old.

Unless I turn into a right grumpy bastard and want to teach those whipper-snapper nurses a lesson or two :pac:

Dravokivich

Karl Stein wrote: »

No Sir, sober.

Off to the pub with you then!

Egginacup

Karl Stein wrote: »

A 24 year old dog would be ~108 in human years. I guess we're not as evolved as we like to think we are if dogs can outlive us with relative ease.

I thought a 24 year old dog would be 168 in human years

Egginacup

Andybobandy wrote: »

Phenomenal age to reach.

Funny......but by the time a kid born today reaches 108, he/she will probably still be working and 138 will be the new "phenomenal age to reach".

They'll look back on old Luke and say "He died young enough, like!"

What I'd like to know is did we have any centegenarians who spanned the 19th,20th and 21st centuries? We must have had. Some trick to be able to say you saw the turn of the century TWICE, AND the turn or the millenium

Lapin

Imagine living to be 108 and hearing that the only thing some people can think about is how old you would be if you were a dog.

Karl Stein

My work here is done.

Sofiztikated

A 24 year old human is 168 in dog years.

He'd have been 756 in dog years. Fair play to him. Although how long did he lift the pension for? How much would he have claimed?

EDIT: Snakey Math edit.

Valetta

To borrow a line from Only Fools and Horses

"108. That's a great age."

"It wasn't for him. He died."

Donkey Oaty

Egginacup wrote: »

What I'd like to know is did we have any centegenarians who spanned the 19th,20th and 21st centuries? We must have had. Some trick to be able to say you saw the turn of the century TWICE, AND the turn or the millenium

Quite a few, actually - there's a web page here with their details.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

iDave wrote: »

Fair juice to ya. Arrogance of youth on my part perhaps but I'd rather not live to that age.

That is one of the saddest things I have read on boards for some time.

catallus

Sofiztikated wrote: »

A 24 year old human is 108 in dog years.

He'd have been 756 in dog years. Fair play to him

7 x 24= 168, surely?

And 108 x 7 = 756?


They eat dogs in Asia.

123balltv

I don't think nature intended people to live so long I know how I feel working
24/7, stress, paying bills etc im only in my late 40's im knackered maybe if I had an easy, privileged life I'd like to live past 90.

Gael23

Well once I'm healthy I would like to live as long as possible.

Donkey Oaty

Great interview with 100-year-old American lady by Jay Leno here - her marbles and sense of humour are fully intact.

Badly Drunk Boy

Egginacup wrote: »

What I'd like to know is did we have any centegenarians who spanned the 19th,20th and 21st centuries? We must have had. Some trick to be able to say you saw the turn of the century TWICE, AND the turn or the millenium

This list includes some:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irish_supercentenarians