Duhallow Greats

Sports people who in the Sporting World are and were widely known Sporting greats that Duhallow can claim for it's own People who are known Worldwide in many a city and town One can say of them they have earned their renown Of the great Olympians one always held in high esteem Derrygallon's Pat O Callaghan the hammer thrower supreme World record holder and two times Olympic Champion in his prime the World's best The man never found to be wanting when put to the test Noel C Duggan the owner of the Green Glens arena in sports and entertainment has carved his own renown He has brought top class showjumping, World championship boxing and the Eurovision Song Contest to Millstreet Town Far from the Town by Clara and Duhallow's countryside The genial Noel C is known and loved Worldwide In Rallying Banteer's Jer Buckley and his cousin Billy Coleman of Millstreet Against the best in the World with success did compete The first of the Duhallow rally drivers to become famed and widely known At their best they were in a class of their own Willie Neenan the runner the pride of Millstreet Many times Cork, Munster and All Ireland Champion an amazing athlete A World Championship silver medal to add to his housefull of trophies in his amazing sixty years running span May he rest in peace now the marvelous man In Australia at rallying Charlie Drake and Eoin Moynhan for Duhallow fly the flag And in their many successes there something that's well worthy of a brag On the tough outback roads they are among the very best And are never found to be wanting when put to the test The Clouting Celt Pat O Connor the Pride of Kiskeam and Boherbue He was Duhallow's greatest boxer as most would agree The Irish Middleweight Champion in the nineteen forties that is going back in time He fought the best in Europe and the World when he was in his prime From Carriganimma in Muskerry on the Duhallow border between Macroom and Millstreet Town In 1908 in London Con Walsh for Canada threw his hammer to bronze and Olympic renown As well as a great hammer thrower a star for Clondrohid and Cork in gaelic football In Carriganimma Village a stone memorial in his memory his greatness to recall From her old home in Tullig thousands of miles away Stella Cashman won a World Championship bronze medal for walking for the U S of A Now into her seventh decade her's is a legendary name No other walker from Duhallow has known of such great fame In the Sporting World the best of Duhallow people known almost everywhere They proved themselves against the best in the big World out there In centuries from now history will recall That in the World of Sports they were Duhallow's greatest of all.