Dunmanway
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Dunmanway (, official Irish name: ) is a market town in County Cork, in the southwest of Ireland. It is the geographical centre of the region known as West Cork. It is the birthplace of Sam Maguire, an Irish Protestant republican, for whom the trophy of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is named. The town centre is built on and around two rivers, which are tributaries of the larger River Bandon, which passes by at the east end of the town.
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Place details
- Region
- Munster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 1,655
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Dunmanway
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sam Maguire statue.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Statue of Sam Maguire in the town square
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Munster
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Cork
- Settlement.established_title
- Town charter
- Settlement.established_date
- 23 November 1693
- Settlement.population_total
- 1,964
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.timezone
- WET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- 0
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Dunmanway.ie - Official Community Portal | Chamber of Commerce, Historical Society, RFC, Family Resource Centre, Tar Isteach, Community Council
Dunmanway.ie - Official community portal for Dunmanway, County Cork. Access Chamber of Commerce, Historical Society, RFC, Family Resource Centre, Tar Isteach Charity Shop, and Community Council. Events, news, and local information.
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Encyclopedic overview
27 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Origins
- Dunmanway Castle and the MacCarthys of Gleannacroim
- Planned development
- Great Famine
- War of Independence
- Late 20th century
- Demographics
- Religion and places of worship
- Church of Ireland
- Roman Catholic church
- Methodist church
- Events
- Ballabuidhe Festival
- Dunmanway Agricultural Show
- Feel the Force Dunmanway
- Sport
- Gaelic games
- Soccer
- Angling
- Other sports
- Transport
- People
- See also
- References
- External links
Dunmanway (, official Irish name: ) is a market town in County Cork, in the southwest of Ireland. It is the geographical centre of the region known as West Cork. It is the birthplace of Sam Maguire, an Irish Protestant republican, for whom the trophy of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is named. The town centre is built on and around two rivers, which are tributaries of the larger River Bandon, which passes by at the east end of the town.
The town is twinned with Quéven, France. Dunmanway won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1982. The town came to national and international attention in 2009 when Liverpool Football Club played a pre-season soccer friendly in the area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dunmanway” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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