Never more in the Bush Bar we'll see Denny Murphy enjoying his saturday evening till late <br />A clever and a well travelled fellow to many he was a good mate <br />And Shanaknuck for his passing the poorer his equals not seen every day <br />He is now with the departed of Millstreet and his bones at rest forever lay. <br /> <br />It can be said of Denny Murphy that he would help you if he could <br />One of a generous Nature in him there was so much good <br />Our Seasons are not that many and father time on anyone does not wait <br />But the life of a good man like Denny's is one we ought to celebrate. <br /> <br />The changes they keep on happening in the Shanaknuck that I knew <br />And where I once knew many people I now would know but a few <br />And one of the Townland's elder citizens has found his lasting peace at last <br />But to our end we'll retain our fond memories of one with a memorable past. <br /> <br />Denny Murphy he left Shanaknuck when he was quite a young man <br />But he returned to the old place for to live out his time span <br />One can only hope his end was peaceful that he did not die in pain <br />And with everyone who knew him good memories of him will remain.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/denny-murphy-of-shanaknuck/
