Paudie Fitzgerald

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Paudie Fitzgerald
Personal information
Full namePadraig Fitzgerald
NicknamePaudi, Paudie
Born5 December 1933
Lispole, County Kerry, Ireland
Died3 December 2020 (2020-12-04) (aged 86)
Team information
DisciplineRoad bicycle racing
RoleRider
Major wins
Rás Tailteann (1956)

Padraig "Paudie" Fitzgerald[1] (5 December 1933 – 3 December 2020)[2] was an Irish cyclist. He won the Rás Tailteann in 1956.[3] He was also known for a failed attempt to represent Ireland at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Early life

Fitzgerald is a native of Lispole.[4]

Career

Fitzgerald started his career at grass track racing.

His first big win was a race from Dublin to Galway to Dublin, for which he won a

bicycle light
.

Fitzgerald competed in the first Rás, in 1953.[5]

In the 1956 Rás Tailteann, Fitzgerald won two stages and the overall prize.[6]

1956 Olympics

Fitzgerald, along with

Northern Ireland Cycling Federation). They aimed to "gate-crash" the race, remove Union Jack flags and extinguish the Olympic flame; they succeeded in none of these, but did attract international attention to the NCA's plight.[7]

Later life

Fitzgerald retired from cycling in 1957. He ran a hardware shop, Fitzgerald's Homevalue, in Dingle.[8] He was married twice and has seven children; Gaelic footballer Paul Geaney is one of his grandchildren.[citation needed]

He lived in Dingle and was President of Dingle Cycling Club and organised "Ride Dingle" a new Dingle-based cycling race.[9]

Fitzgerald died on 3 December 2020, aged 86.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "The great road race robbery (almost)". The Age. 3 December 2006.
  2. ^ "A cyclist, a businessman, and a man with a will to fight back". independent.
  3. ISBN 9781844881215
    – via Google Books.
  4. ISBN 9781848899827
    – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "PAUDIE FITZGERALD INTERVIEW". www.irishcycling.com.
  6. ^ "Rás Tailteann - 1950's". www.rastailteann.com.
  7. ISBN 9781291851458 – via Google Books.
    - "Terrace Talk :: Interviews :: Paudie Fitzgerald". Terrace Talk.
    - "An Olympic tale that deserves re-telling"
    . The Kerryman. Ireland. 23 November 2012.
  8. ^ Master, Web. "Fitzgerald's Homevalue". dingle-peninsula.ie.
  9. ^ "'Ride Dingle' unveiled – Ride Dingle".
  10. ^ Mythen, Monty (3 December 2020). "Paudie Fitzgerald (Uncle Pat) has died aged 86". Twitter.
  11. ^ Mac an tSíthigh, Seán (3 December 2020). "Kerry cycling legend Paudie Fitzgerald dies aged 87". Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). Retrieved 5 December 2020.
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