Patrick "Pa" O'Dwyer, nicknamed the Limerick Lion, was an Irish strongman competitor and social media personality, born on 25 July 1985 in Rooskagh, County Limerick, who died on 3 January 2026 at the age of 40. He worked in construction and from 2010 as a firefighter before Giants Live selected him in 2014 to represent their contests. His career best came in 2018 when he won UK's Strongest Man by one point over Laurence Shahlaei and Phil Roberts, and he won Ireland's Strongest Man in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021. He was invited to World's Strongest Man in 2020, 2023 and 2024 but did not advance beyond the group stage, and his last contest was Europe's Strongest Man in 2025, where he placed eighth. Online he was known for satire and gym positivity.
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was an Irish strongman competitor and social media personality.
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Patrick O'Dwyer was born on 25 July 1985 in Rooskagh in County Limerick
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he won 2018 UK's Strongest Man competition as well as Ireland's Strongest Man competition in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021.
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was an Irish strongman competitor and social media personality.
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was an Irish strongman competitor and social media personality.
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He was invited to the World's Strongest Man competition in 2020, but failed to qualify beyond group stages.
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