Eily Buckley

One of Millstreet's wise elders of her one can say
Eily Buckley about her has a cheerful way
In Millstreet she first looked on the lamp of day
And near to where she lives her last remains will lay

An octogenarian one of Millstreet's own
Through the decades of her life her friends in numbers have grown
When she was Eily Corkery long before she became the late Dan Buckley's wife
Eily was one who was learning from life

Eily is open to learning for to give to her what is her due
And that from life we learn as we live happens for to be true
That life knowledge is the greatest book never published is not a lie
And we will learn as we live until the day we will die

Her report on the Millstreet Web Site of Millstreet Town and countryside
By migrants from Millstreet is read Worldwide
To Eily and the other contributors to the website a great debt us migrants does owe
For keeping us up to date with the news from our homeplace of long ago

The changes in Millstreet do keep happening fast
Where Eily Buckley remains as a link to the past
Though she is many Seasons beyond her life's prime
She glows as a beacon that is undimmed by time.