but fell into the water and was drowned. The event was commemorated by the following verse: "'Tis there the lake is, Where the duck and the drake is, And 'tis there the crane can have his fine feed of frogs. When night come's round it, The spirits surround it, For in it was drownded Sir Richard Cox." People George Beamish, rugby player for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions in the 1920s and 1930s Victor Beamish, RAF ace fighter pilot in WWII Lee Carsley, qualified to play for the Republic of Ireland by virtue of his grandmother being from Dunmanway, and was a visitor to the town as a youth. Richard B. Connolly, American politician Thomas Hovenden, artist and teacher Con O'Kelly, wrestler, gold medalist at 1908 Olympics James MacCarthy, sculptor Sam Maguire, Gaelic football player/ Irish republican John McCarthy, athlete, silver medalist in discus at 2004 Paralympic Games Michael McCarthy, Labour Party politician and former member of Dáil Éireann Timothy J. Murphy, Labour Party politician and Minister for Local Government in the First Inter-Party Government Darren Sweetnam, former Cork Hurler and current Munster Rugby player Éamonn Young (gaelic football), Jim Young and Kevin Murray (hurling), Aoife Murray (camogie) are All-Ireland winners within various GAA codes See also List of towns and villages in Ireland References External links Dunmanway Town Travel Dunmanway Doheny GAA Club The Tidy Towns of Ireland "Celebrating 50 years" Towns and villages in County Cork