Monday, November 23, 2015

Duhallow's First Equal Opportunity Employer

Denis Mac the builder who with his wife Cis was the original owner of the Star Ballroom and the Cinema in Millstreet Town
Used to say that these were not his greatest claims to renown
But that in word or deed he never put anyone down
And that he employed all kinds of people black, white and brown

Denis Mac was a witty and a well traveled man for to give him his due
And to those who told him that his claim was untrue
I stand by my word is what he used to say
And he was a man who with words had a way

Of Denis Mac so many stories were told
When i was a boy he was growing old
One of Millstreet's greatest characters when i was young
As a great Gaelic Footballer his praises were sung

As a young man he migrated to the U S A and later on in life
He grew old in Millstreet Town with Cis Murphy his Millstreet wife
Two endearing old characters of the Town's West End
In their long lives so many they were known to befriend

As witty a fellow as one could wish for to meet
Duhallow's first equal opportunity employer Denis Mac of Millstreet
He used to say to employ all kinds of people is my greatest claim to renown
Paddy 'Black' Twomey, Joe White and Daniel and Jackie Brown.

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