Millstreet Did Not Go To The World Out There Poem by Francis Duggan

Millstreet did not go to the World out there so the World out there came to Millstreet
In the Duhallow Town today people of many different nationalities you will meet
People of many cultures and creeds of Countries Worldwide and of skin colors black, white and brown
Live in view of old Clara Hill in and near to Millstreet Town

Millstreet did not go to the World out there it was a monocultural place
But change to it came from afar in latter years at a quick pace
And change for the better one might say as it brought with it people of the World out there
And change happening in view of Clara Hill as has been happening everywhere

Millstreet did not go to the World out there so the World out there to Millstreet came
In the Duhallow of today many an unfamiliar family name
In Kanturk, Newmarket and Duhallow wide the changes have been happening fast
And the what used to be only remain as a fading memory of the past

Millstreet send some of it's people to the World out there but some people from the World out there now live in Millstreet
And much for the better or so it does seem where races of different cultures do meet
And live with each other in peace and harmony and accept change for the better as a good thing
People of the World out there to places like Millstreet their ways and cultures with them do bring.