Brian Bermingham Explained

Office:Cork City Councillor
Constituency:Cork South West
Term Start:June 1979
Term End:May 2014
Office2:Lord Mayor of Cork
Term Start2:23 June 2008
Term End2:23 June 2009
Nationality:Irish
Predecessor2:Donal Counihan
Successor2:Dara Murphy
Birth Place:Cork, Ireland
Death Place:Spain
Spouse:Elma Bermingham
Children:5
Party:Fine Gael
Otherparty:Progressive Democrats (1988–1998)
Alma Mater:University College Cork

Brian Bermingham (1946 or 1947 – 21 September 2024) was an Irish Fine Gael politician and Cork City Council member. He was the Lord Mayor of Cork from 2008 to 2009. He successfully contested seven local government elections in the Cork South West local electoral area between 1979 and 2009.[1]

Political career

At age 14 he joined Young Fine Gael. He was first elected to Cork City Council in 1979 alongside Donal Counihan, Denis Cregan and Máirín Quill.[2] In 1988, he joined the Progressive Democrats and in June 1991 he was elected for the Cork South West area with 861 first preference votes (10.41%). After ten years with the Progressive Democrats he moved back to Fine Gael. He contested the 1999 local elections for Fine Gael, and was elected.[3] He was elected to the city council again in 2004.

He was elected as Lord Mayor of Cork in June 2008, 40 years after his father John Bermingham, who was elected in 1968. In 2009, he hosted a Lord Mayors reception to mark the 125th anniversary of the Gaelic Athletic Association.[4] He was again elected to the council for Cork South West at the 2009 local elections.[1] He retired from politics in 2014, and did not contest the 2014 local elections.[5]

Bermingham died in Spain on 21 September 2024, at the age of 77.[6] [7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brian Bermingham. ElectionsIreland.org. 30 May 2021. 24 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171224171205/https://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=156. live.
  2. Web site: Lord Mayor Cllr Brian Bermingham. 29 April 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101213191427/http://www.corkindependent.com/profiles/profiles/lord-mayor-cllr-brian-bermingham/. 13 December 2010. Cork Independent.
  3. Web site: bbermingham.eu. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720153334/http://www.bbermingham.eu/. 20 July 2011.
  4. Web site: Archived News - Lord Mayor's Reception to mark 125th Anniversary of GAA. corkcity.ie. 4 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20101215121430/http://corkcity.ie/news/archivednews2009/mainbody,18002,en.html . 15 December 2010. dead .
  5. Web site: Leading Labour lights caught in perfect political storm. Irish Examiner. 26 May 2014. 30 May 2021. 29 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190529033753/https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/leading-labour-lights-caught-in-perfect-political-storm-269900.html. live.
  6. Web site: Tributes paid to former Cork mayor Brian Bermingham. RTÉ News. 24 September 2024. 24 September 2024.
  7. Web site: Death notice of Brian Bermingham. RIP.ie. 23 September 2024. 24 September 2024.
  8. Web site: Tributes paid following death of former Lord Mayor of Cork. Irish Examiner. 22 September 2024. 24 September 2024.