The Burke brothers Brendan and Tommy as Gaelic Footballers were amongst Millstreet's best <br />And they were not found to be wanting when they were put to the test <br />Two of the sporting heroes of famous Millstreet Town <br />It can be said about them that they never did leave their Club down. <br /> <br />The best of goods come in small parcels to the Burkes did apply <br />That they were great Gaelic Footballers of them none could deny <br />Even when Millstreet were being beaten they never would give in <br />It can be said about them they did their best to win. <br /> <br />For Millstreet in the green and gold some great games they did play <br />How often in Macroom and Coachford they helped for to win the day <br />To watch them soloing with the football so lovely to behold <br />As good a players that ever wore the famous green and gold <br /> <br />In the length and breadth of County Cork Tommy and Brendan are well known <br />From the mid sixties to the early eighties in a class of their own <br />When they were in their prime years their Club a hard team to beat <br />Duhallow's greatest football team in the colours of Millstreet. <br /> <br />In their prime years famed Gaelic Footballers some great stories of them told <br />And in their Hometown by Clara Mountain the Burkes are growing old <br />Father time is catching up on them the years have left them slow <br />They were great Gaelic Footballers some thirty years ago.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-burke-brothers-brendan-and-tommy/
