Patrick Bergin | |
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Senator | |
In office 22 July 1954 – 22 May 1957 | |
Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
Personal details | |
Born | County Carlow, Ireland | 6 February 1913
Died | 16 April 1991 Dublin, Ireland | (aged 78)
Political party | Labour Party |
Spouse | Nora Bergin [1] |
Children | 5, including Emmet and Patrick |
Education | Blackrock College |
Patrick Bergin (6 February 1913 – 16 April 1991) was an Irish politician and trade union official. [2]
He was a Labour Party member of Seanad Éireann from 1954 to 1957. He was nominated by the Taoiseach to the 8th Seanad in 1954. [3] He did not contest the 1957 Seanad election. [3] He stood unsuccessfully for Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party candidate for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency at the 1948 general election. [4] His sons are the actors Emmet and Patrick Bergin.