Patrick Joseph Bermingham (15 March 1886 – January 1959)[1] was an Irish police officer and sportsman, specialising in the discus.[2] He was from Moyasta[3] in County Clare and joined the Dublin Metropolitan Police.[2][4][5]
 circa 1924 at White City, possibly the AAA Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) |
| Born | 15 March 1886 Moyasta, County Clare, Ireland |
| Died | 19 January 1959 (aged 72) Dublin, Ireland |
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 125 kg (276 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Discus throw |
| Club | Dublin Metropolitan Police |
Biography
editBermingham won ten Irish national discus titles: IAAA titles in 1919 and 1920, and NACAI titles in 1923–4–5–6–7, 1930, 1932, and 1933.[4] He held the Irish record at 151 ft 6+1⁄2 in (46.19 m) until 1939.[2] At the AAA Championships he won five discus titles: 1924–5–6, 1932, and 1934.[6] He also won four Irish titles in each of the 56 lbs weight throw events: for height (1923, 1925–6, 1929) and for distance (1923, 1925–6–7).[2][4] He represented Ireland at the 1924 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the qualifying round of the discus competition; his longest throw would have qualified for the final six but was discounted as a foul.[2] His best mark of 40.42 metres (132 ft 7 in) ranked him eleventh overall.[7]
In 1930, throwing for the Dublin Metropolitan Guards, which was part of the Garda Síochána, Bermingham won the 1930 championship of the Irish Free State,[8] the 1930 discus championship of Munster[9] and the 1930 championship of Ireland.[10]
He is recorded as having competed in the 1934 British Empire Games, as an Irish Free State athlete representing Northern Ireland.[11][12] He finished outside the top seven.[11][12]
He is buried in Mount Jerome cemetery.[1]
Several online football databases[13] mistakenly suggest that Bermingham also played for the Irish Free State national football team vs Hungary in 1934, but that was a different Patrick Joseph Bermingham.[14]
References
edit- 1 2 Irish Independent. 24 January 1959.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - 1 2 3 4 5 Coiste Siamsa (1972). Jubilee; A souvenir of 50 historic years of sport in the Garda Síochána (PDF). Garda Síochána. p. 19.
- ↑ 1901 census
- 1 2 3 O'Callaghan, Pierce; Cyril Smyth (2013). "Roll of Honour; Irish Athletics Champions 1873–2013" (PDF). Athletics Ireland. pp. 100, 119, 122. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ↑ "Paddy Bermingham". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ↑ "British Athletics Championships 1919-1939". Athletics Weekly. 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ↑ French Olympic Committee (c. 1925). "TITRE III / ATHLÉTISME / ÉPREUVE No 18: LANCEMENT DU DISQUE". In M.A. Avé (ed.). Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924: rapport officiel (PDF) (in French). Paris: Librairie de France. p. 140. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ↑ "Free State Sports". Belfast Telegraph. 30 June 1930. p. 6. Retrieved 12 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Ulster Title Events". Evening Herald (Dublin). 14 June 1930. p. 2. Retrieved 12 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Irish Athletic Champsionships". Sport (Dublin). 5 July 1930. p. 11. Retrieved 12 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- 1 2 "Pat Bermingham". Athlete Performance. Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 March 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- 1 2 Phillips, Bob (2000). Honour of Empire, Glory of Sport: The History of Athletics at the Commonwealth Games. Parrs Wood Press. p. 25. ISBN 9781903158098. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ↑ Paddy Bermingham at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ Irish Times. 9 November 1970.
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