Ruby Druce (108) has lived through two World Wars and two pandemics
Ruby Druce, Ireland’s oldest person at 108 years old, with her great-grandniece Ruby Shields , from Castlefin in Co Donegal. Photograph: Joe Dunne“Am I? I think I am,” she says. I will be 109 at the end of the year.” She gives a brief chuckle and then adds: “When your man above pulls the plug, off you go.
“He often rings on her birthday and last time he said he’d come and see her – and she said ‘as long as you bring Majella’,” said Martin. “She is a lovely lady,” interjects Ruby. She remembers on one occasion concealing the butter in a hedge and taking a long time to find it after the customs officers left.
They tease her about being only 14 when she met saxophonist Jim Druce, although the couple didn’t get married until 1956, as she was caring for her parents.
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