The definitive list of Cork sporting legends

[Megelus]

Eudie Coughlan for pre Ring hurlers

 

[YankyPat]

Ger Mac, lucky to see him play as a young Garsoon against us in the 70s.Some competitor
Only man in GAA history to captain u21 & senior all irelands in same year
Tony Sullivan for us worries then

 

[BlueMagic]

Keane
Irwin
Sonia
JBM
Ring
Paul O'Donovan
Ray Cummins
Rena Buckley

To me, Sonia was the greatest. Was at the highest level - at a global stage - for a sustained period. Mightn't have quite got the Olympic gold (Szabo was juicing, we all know it) but she won countless titles and carried the hopes of a nation at some many C'ships & Olympics.

 

[bluesball]

Billy and John Coleman

 

[imigrant]

Agree with most mentioned maybe add Donal Lenihan, John Kerins, Peter O Mahony, Dave Barry, (Dual Star)

 

[Supermoon]

Brid Stack (11 football medals) and Briege Corkery ( 18 All Irelands) , along with Rena Buckley (18 All Irelands) mentioned above.
Their haul of All Irelands is incredible.

 

[Megelus]

Let's not forget the formative influence of Lugh, father of the first great hurler Setanta. It got abit ugly later on with the sons transfer up North leading to the transfer rules we have today

 

[Browser Brody]

Bit of a controversial one but….

Anybody suggested Danno O’Mahoney from Ballydehob who was a professional wrestler in the states in the 1930’s.
He “won” the most senior professional wrestling title in the world at the time , the NWA heavyweight title and was a huge draw with crowds initially.

 

[El Guapo]

Bit of a controversial one but….

Anybody suggested Danno O’Mahoney from Ballydehob who was a professional wrestler in the states in the 1930’s.
He “won” the most senior professional wrestling title in the world at the time , the NWA heavyweight title and was a huge draw with crowds initially.

as long as we're doing hipster picks, Fanahan McSweeney from Castletownroche deserves a mention

Irish Record holder in the 200, and 400m voted Cajun athlete of the century after his stint in louisiana, was the one of first athletes to spot Black Sept during the Munich Games in 72

So good they named a whole a Club in Michelstown after him

The Leeside Legends series: Fanahan McSweeney always showed true grit

The Leeside Legends series: Fanahan McSweeney always showed true grit

www.echolive.ie

I would also fire in Athony Horgan, a fella who maximised his talent to become munster all time top try scorer till Zeebs took it on.

 

[The Duke]

Eudie Coughlan for pre Ring hurlers

Jamesy Kelleher for pre Eudie Coughlan hurlers. Jamesy from Dungourney was widely regarded as Cork’s finest before the maestro.