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]
Bermingham 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] He won five English AAA 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] He is recorded as having competed in the 1934 British Empire Games, though sources vary as to whether he represented the Irish Free State or Northern Ireland. [8] [9] He finished outside the top seven. [8] [9]
He is buried in Mount Jerome cemetery. [1]
Several online football databases [10] 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. [11]
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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]
Bermingham 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] He won five English AAA 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] He is recorded as having competed in the 1934 British Empire Games, though sources vary as to whether he represented the Irish Free State or Northern Ireland. [8] [9] He finished outside the top seven. [8] [9]
He is buried in Mount Jerome cemetery. [1]
Several online football databases [10] 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. [11]
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