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  Danno Mahony, Ballydehob, Co. Cork  
 
Ballydehob takes it name form the Irish Béal an dá Chab,
meaning "the ford at the mouth of two rivers".  Situated
in West Cork, 63 miles from Cork City and 8 miles west 
of Skibbereen.

At the west end of the village there is a monument of the
late Danno Mahony known as The Irish Whip. He won the
NWA World title from Jim Londos in Boston on June 30th
1935.  Danno was sadly killed in a car accident on the 4th
November 1950 at the age of 37.


 

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