Jim Fitzgerald Poem by Francis Duggan

He will be missed from Murphy's Terrace and the Town of Millstreet and Ballydaly his beloved countryside
He was well known and liked in Millstreet Parish and sad to learn that Jimmy Fitz has died
For many years married to Betty Conway they have a son that very nice man John
Jim Fitzgerald will be missed by those who knew him his body dead in memory he lives on
A powerfully built and handsome man in his prime I remember he was one who was known to be quite strong
Yet he was never rough with other people and he never did to anybody wrong
When I was a teenager in the early sixties Jim Fitz back then was in life's bloom and prime
But the passing years take toll on everybody and we all eventually lose out to time
He will be sadly missed in Ballydaly he had a great love for that green old place
And through the length and breadth of old Duhallow his will remain as a remembered face
Jim Fitz in the flesh will not be seen again in Murphy's Terrace or walking on the streets of Millstreet Town
But our fate to his will not be any different on all of our lives the seconds counting down
When I was a boy Jim Fitz was in his prime years and him again I never more will see
But for as long as I live him I shall remember he will be living in my memory.