Adrian Timothy Mannix, also known as "Turkey" (born 1988 in St. Finbarrs Hospital,

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), is an Irish sportsman. He plays

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with his local club

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and was a member of the Cork senior team in 2009. Mannix was a star player for Cork at minor level. He won back-to-back

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minor titles in 2005 and 2006. In 2009 he played a prominent role with Cork IT and the team reached the

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semi-finals. At club level, Mannix was described as Kilworth's star forward. He also turned in an inspirational performance in Kilworth's

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quarter-final victory over British junior champions Granuaile. After the 2008 Cork senior panel's refusal to play under the management of Gerald McCarthy, Mannix was among the players called up in their place by McCarthy. In Cork's first game of the

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, he turned in an impressive performance against

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, and retained his place on the team to play Tipperary. Mannix again started and scored in the next match, against

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1988 births Living people Cork inter-county hurlers Kilworth hurlers 21st-century Irish sportsmen {{Cork-hurling-bio-stub