Never more at the Cork track she'll watch her greyhounds race <br />And cheer home her winner with a smile on her face <br />Bridgie from the land of the living has gone <br />But good memories of her are destined to live on. <br /> <br />Pre-deceased by her husband the one and only Dan <br />The Collins of Cockhill are a well known clan <br />They raised a big family the Collins name won't die <br />And the Cockhill Collins in numbers they will multiply. <br /> <br />The Collins of Millstreet are known far and wide <br />Far beyond Duhallow's old green Countryside <br />Through athletics and wrestling, greyhounds and gaelic football <br />Their names from the past one can readily recall. <br /> <br />And Bridgie their good mother she has passed away <br />For her sons and her daughters it is a sad day <br />But for each of us sad to say a final Fall <br />And the reaper who claimed her will one day claim us all.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bridgie-collins/
