St Pat’s skipper Ian Bermingham has shared a cute picture of his newly born daughter Pippa in one hand and the FAI Cup in the other.
Bermingham became a dad on Friday and then led his side to FAI Cup glory in front of a record 37,126 crowd at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday.
St Pat’s beat Bohemians 4-3 on penalties after a thrilling 120 minutes of football.
32-year-old Bermingham said: ”I had my first child on Friday and all of my dreams came through in a weekend.
“I can't believe it to be quite honest with you, it's the best weekend of my life.
"Me and my missus, Leaha, went into hospital on Friday morning and she had the baby at 5:05pm on Friday.
“I was there until late Friday evening and then early Saturday morning. Then I had to leave them to meet up with the lads to go through everything.”
Bermingham's wife Leaha and daughter Pippa watched Bermingham lift the trophy from home with legendary club figure Christy O’Neill.
“It’s just special,” he said. “Any player who has passed through the doors at St Pat's would tell you that Christy O'Neill is an absolute legend.
“He's there for you any time and is just a brilliant person. He's helped me out a lot over the years.”
"I just thought he deserved to be put into the limelight a bit.
“There are a lot of people who do a lot of work in the background at various clubs and they don't get any sort of praise or mention and us players get it all when we win.
"He's just a brilliant fella and it was an absolute honour just to bring him up and lift the trophy."
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