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He lived in [[Dingle]] and was President of Dingle Cycling Club and organised "Ride Dingle" a new Dingle-based cycling race.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ridedingle.com/new-major-cycle-event-set-for-dingle-in-2019-ride-dingle-unveiled/|title='Ride Dingle' unveiled – Ride Dingle|publisher=}}</ref> |
He lived in [[Dingle]] and was President of Dingle Cycling Club and organised "Ride Dingle" a new Dingle-based cycling race.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ridedingle.com/new-major-cycle-event-set-for-dingle-in-2019-ride-dingle-unveiled/|title='Ride Dingle' unveiled – Ride Dingle|publisher=}}</ref> |
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Fitzgerald died on 3 December 2020, aged 86.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/montymythen/status/1334619818130108418|website=Twitter|first=Monty |last=Mythen|date= 3 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Mac an tSíthigh |first= Seán |date= 3 December 2020 |title= Kerry cycling legend Paudie Fitzgerald dies aged 87 |url= https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2020/1203/1182183-kerry-cycling-paudie-fitzgerald/ |work= Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) |access-date= 5 December 2020}}</ref> |
Fitzgerald died on 3 December 2020, aged 86.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/montymythen/status/1334619818130108418|website=Twitter|title=Paudie Fitzgerald (Uncle Pat) has died aged 86. |first=Monty |last=Mythen|date= 3 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Mac an tSíthigh |first= Seán |date= 3 December 2020 |title= Kerry cycling legend Paudie Fitzgerald dies aged 87 |url= https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2020/1203/1182183-kerry-cycling-paudie-fitzgerald/ |work= Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) |access-date= 5 December 2020}}</ref> |
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Paul Fitzgerald |
Nickname | Paudi, Paudie |
Born | 5 December 1933 Lispole, County Kerry, Ireland |
Died | 3 December 2020 (2020-12-04) (aged 86) |
Team information | |
Discipline | Road bicycle racing |
Role | Rider |
Major wins | |
Rás Tailteann (1956) | |
Paul "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.
Fitzgerald is a native of Lispole.[4]
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 battery for 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]
Fitzgerald, along with Tommy Flanagan and Tom Gerrard, attempted to compete for Ireland at the team road race event at the 1956 Summer OlympicsinMelbourne. They were chosen by the 32-county National Cycling Association (NCA), which was not internationally recognised (instead, there was Cumann Rothaíochta na hÉireann and the 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]
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]
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