Hannie Murphy

Cockhill’s Hannie Murphy is at rest to day
Her remains in Drishane not far from the Finnow lay
Perhaps she is playing cards in Heaven from Earth far away
In forty drives with Millstreet’s best card players she did hold sway
A wonderful person as i do recall
Her lot will be my lot since death is for us all
I went to school with and played football with her only son Dan
And he like his mother a true gentleman
A kind and compassionate person and a pleasure to meet
And one who was never tainted by conceit
A huge loss to her family and many friends in Millstreet
Yet to live a good life is an honorable feat
In Cockhill in the flesh never to be seen again
But good memories of her with us will remain.

by Francis Duggan