William Patrick (Willie) Bermingham (29 March 1942 – 23 April 1990)[1] was an Irish firefighter and campaigner, who founded ALONE ("A Little Offering Never Ends"), an organisation highlighting the plight of old people living alone.
Bermingham was born in the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, and grew up in The Puc, Inchicore,[2] before moving to The Nurseries in Bluebell, where the family had a scrap yard.
His father William (Bill) Bermingham and mother Mary (née Dalgarno)[1] reared a family of 3 boys and 4 girls.
In 1977, Bermingham founded ALONE ("A Little Offering Never Ends"), an organisation highlighting the plight of older and forgotten individuals, sometimes living in squalid neglect, in Dublin.
[citation needed] The charity constructed two sets of houses for elderly people, at Brookfield Avenue, Artane (1986) and at Kilmainham Lane, Dublin (1991), and purchased a plot at Glasnevin Cemetery (1988).