Catherine Duggan

To be kind and compassionate and a great wife and mother were her claims to fame
Before she married Con Duggan Catherine Murphy was her name
An only child of Andrew Duggan who hailed from Lisnaboy
Con died young in his  early forties a long life he did not enjoy

The mother to a  large family she raised them on her own
Her children the Duggans of Millstreet Town are famous and widely known
A woman of rare beauty and unaffected by conceit
And so wise and easy going in her ways and always a joy to meet

For the past three decades her last remains in Drishane Cemetery lay
And in the Millstreet Town she raised her children in changes happening every day
To the Town and countryside by Clara Hill the Seasons come and go
And time as it has always done to everyone becomes a foe

Yet every time i visualize the past comes back to me
And on the Killarney Road Catherine walking her corgi dogs is one i often see
We cannot bring back what used to be since what used to be  has gone
But as long as we retain the gift of memory the past in us  lives on

It has been said of the good souls that they have wings to fly
To the paradise where good souls go to somewhere beyond the sky
And perhaps Catherine is happy today where the winged angels are
And does she think of Millstreet Town and the famous Blue Dog Bar?