Francis Duggan Poems

Tom Barry was a rebel and a soldier his fame it has outlived his lifetime span
In Ireland his name lives on as a legend the man who was feared by the Black and Tan
Before the Crown forces feared and loathed in Ireland Tom Barry and his fighting men refused to cower
In the famous ambushes at Crossbarry and Kilmichael though outnumbered they overcame the forces of a World power.
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Dan Murphy left Claramore where his life's journey began
To live and work in New York when he was a young man
When he returned to Ireland he married Eileen Reen of Millstreet Town the love of his life
The mother of his children and his devoted wife
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Neily Dennehy in his prime years was athletic, dashing and tall
He won a Cork County Championship medal with Millstreet playing senior Gaelic Football
Back in the late nineteen forties many decades ago
Long before time that rusts iron did become his foe
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At the stroke of midnight the past will be today
And time on our lives ever ticking away
We can only live in the now as some do like to say
And each day sees us older since young we cannot stay
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It's links to Aboriginal culture and a place to see wildlife two of it's claims to renown
Tower Hill the volcanic valley two kilometers from Koroit Town
Home to emu, koala, echidna, black wallaby and gray kangaroo
Long billed corella, magpie, little raven and yellow tailed black cockatoo
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With dark blue eyes and shoulder length wavy hair of light brown
A young rose of the Moyne Shire the pride of old Koroit Town
Of average height of slender build free of conceit or guile
The charm and warmth of Koroit is in her lovely smile
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The pub doors are locked not one person in sight
Cullen the old Village on the hill peaceful in the moonlight
On silent wings in the faint light the barn owl looks white whilst in flight
Where peace reigns supreme in old Cullen tonight
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In his eighty eight year the Northern Ireland Unionist leader has passed away
He was one never short of words for to say
His followers looked up to him as a true great
But Ian Paisley to everyone was not a good mate
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Of love i am always quite happy to sing
For the great gift of love is such a marvelous thing
And those who can love are quite lucky indeed
For love in our lives everyone of us is in need
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It was his lust of adventure that brought him far south
Of the fields of the badger and the streams of the brown trout
More than fifty years ago Jock left the countryside of Aberdeen
And since much of the big World out there he has seen
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