Christy Philpott

Christy Philpott was a good man who lived in Ballyday Lower for practically all of his life
Devoted to his children and grandchildren and to Kathleen his wife
As a man who knew a lot about horses he became widely known
And in his passing Ballydaly has lost one of it's own
I remember as a boy with the cold chill of Winter in the breath of Spring air
Christy riding bareback on a bay horse to be sold at the Millstreet Town March fair
Going back near sixty years that does seem a long time
And Christy back then he was in his life's prime
A likeable person of him one can say
And Ballydaly much the poorer for his passing today
The journey in life for us all has to end
But what counts most to many he was a good friend
And though the great gift of life from him has gone
In all who knew him good memories of him will live on