The last man to have the 'Master nickname' Denny from Claraghatlea has gone <br />But the memories of the Masters forever will live on <br />And their souls are still around the place their bodies only died <br />And in the bogs and fields of Claraghatlea their spirits still reside. <br /> <br />The sad news from beyond the seas brought the old memories back <br />When I was young I knew the old Master men Con and Pad and Jim and Jack <br />The oldest family in Claraghatlea or so it has been said <br />And Denny the last male to carry the Master nickname in Millstreet is now dead. <br /> <br />Descended from the O Sullivan Beares a historic west Cork clan <br />The Master nickname in Claraghatlea more than a century span <br />To Denny's grandfather a school master the master nickname did apply <br />And though others of the school master's descendants live in Claraghatlea the nick name doomed to die. <br /> <br />The memories return to me of when I was a lad <br />In Summer I often crowered the hay with Denny, Con and Pad <br />The weather it is changeable in Ireland in July <br />And it's been many years ago since I was a schoolboy. <br /> <br />Denny the last to carry the nickname from Claraghatlea has gone <br />But his ghost like all of the Masters ghosts forever will live on <br />Whilst to the bogs and fields and meadows the Seasons come and go <br />In that old town land near Millstreet Town where the Cails and Finnow flow.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-hearing-of-the-death-of-denny-the-master/
