Esther Cashman Manley Poem by Francis Duggan

In Tullig House on Tullig Hill Esther Cashman first saw light of day
But her life's journey ended in London from there far away
The yearn for the wander took her to elsewhere
One who was to grow old in the big World out there

In her school going years in the Convent at the West End of Millstreet Town
The high road to and from Tullig she often walked up and down
The Ireland of the nineteen forties very different from the Ireland of today
That the changes keep happening only true for to say

Esther did not travel far her partner in life for to meet
She married John Manley of the Square of the Town of Millstreet
But far from Duhallow in London they raised their family
For to grow old in Millstreet not in their life's destiny

In Esther a huge loss to Millstreet was surely London's gain
One can only hope death to her came without any pain
In London from Tullig House in distance far away
Esther Cashman Manley lived her last night and day.