Brian Bermingham

Brian Bermingham
Cork City Councillor
In office June 1979 – May 2014
Constituency	Cork South West
Lord Mayor of Cork
In office 23 June 2008 – 23 June 2009
Preceded by	Donal Counihan
Succeeded by	Dara Murphy
Personal details
Born	1946 or 1947[1] Cork, Ireland
Died	21 September 2024 (aged 77) Spain
Political party	Fine Gael
Other political affiliations	Progressive Democrats (1988–1998)
Spouse	Elma Bermingham
Children	5
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.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] He was again elected to the council for Cork South West at the 2009 local elections.[2] He retired from politics in 2014, and did not contest the 2014 local elections.[6]

Bermingham died in Spain on 21 September 2024, at the age of 77.[7][8][1]

References

1. "Tributes paid following death of former Lord Mayor of Cork". Irish Examiner. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
2. "Brian Bermingham". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
3. "Lord Mayor Cllr Brian Bermingham". Cork Independent. Archived from the original on 13 December 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
4. "bbermingham.eu". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011.
5. "Archived News - Lord Mayor's Reception to mark 125th Anniversary of GAA". corkcity.ie. Archived from the original on 15 December 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
6. "Leading Labour lights caught in perfect political storm". Irish Examiner. 26 May 2014. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
7. "Tributes paid to former Cork mayor Brian Bermingham". RTÉ News. 24 September 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
8. "Death notice of Brian Bermingham". RIP.ie. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.

Civic offices
Preceded by Donal Counihan	Lord Mayor of Cork 2008–2009	Succeeded by Dara Murphy