Patrick Power

Article summary

Patrick, Paddy or Pat Power may refer to: * Patrick Power (Canadian politician) (1815–1881), Canadian politician * Patrick Power (Liberal politician) (died 1835), MP for Waterford * Patrick Power (lawyer) (born 1952), Australian legal official convicted of possessing child pornography * Patrick Power (tenor) (born 1947), New Zealand tenor * Patrick Power (historian) (1862–1951), Irish church historian * Patrick Power (East Waterford MP) (1850–1913), Irish politician * Paddy Power, an Irish bookmaking chain * Paddy Power (Irish politician) (1928–2013), Fianna Fáil politician * Paddy Power (hurler) (1895–1967), Tipperary hurler * Pat Power (1942–2025), Australian Roman Catholic bishop * Pat Power (Victorian politician) (1942–2009), Australian politician * Pat Power (hurler) (born 1959), Irish hurler

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1952 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360826762