| Code: | Football |
| Sport: | Gaelic football |
| Patsy Gormley | |
| Irish: | Pádraig Ó Garmaile |
| Feet: | 5 |
| Inches: | 10 |
| County: | Derry |
| Province: | Ulster |
| Club: | Claudy |
| Clyears: | 1956-1961 |
| Clcounty: | 0 |
| Counties: | Derry |
| Icposition: | Goalkeeper |
| Icprovince: | 1 |
| Icallireland: | 0 |
| Nfl: | 0 |
| Birth Date: | 8 December 1932 |
| Birth Place: | Claudy, Northern Ireland |
| Death Date: | 25 August 2022 (aged 89) |
| Death Place: | Wrexham, Wales |
Patrick James Gormley (8th December 1932 – 25 August 2022) was a Gaelic footballer from Northern Ireland. At club level he played with Claudy and was also a member of the Derry senior football team. Gormley usually lined out as a goalkeeper.
Gormley first played Gaelic football when he made the school's team as a 14-year-old, before later lining out at adult level with the Claudy club. He first appeared on the inter-county scene with Derry as a member of the minor team in 1952. Gormley claimed his first inter-county silverware when he won an Ulster JFC medal in 1955. This success earned him an immediate call-up to the senior team.[1] [2] Gormley, having earlier won Dr McKenna Cup and Ulster SFC medals, lined out in goal when Derry were beaten by Dublin in the 1958 All-Ireland final.[3] [4]
What was exceptional about Derry’s goalkeeper was that he played at the highest level with only one eye, after losing an eye as a child following an accident on the farm yard.
Gormley died at Wrexham Maelor Hospital in Wales on 25 August 2022, at the age of 89.[5]
1958
1958, 1960
1955