On Hearing Of The Passing Of Mary Cotter Poem by Francis Duggan

To have to go back that far in time taxes the memory
For it must be fifty years at least or so 'twould seem to me
Since she courted Jimmy Cotter and then became his wife
And a loving spouse and mother her two great roles in life.

Many of her children in Millstreet still live today
And when I was in my early teens years ago and far away
Mary Looney Cotter a young mother then with a growing family
But since a lot of water has flowed down Finnow on it's way to the sea.

A kind and warm person goodness she did embrace
And she was one who always had a big smile on her face
A role model to her children and one beyond compare
And the Mary Cotters of this world to say the least are rare.

I have heard that Mary Cotter to the after life has gone
But in the memories of those who knew her she is still living on,
She married Jimmy Cotter when I was a young boy
And that was fifty years ago how time just seemed to fly.