On Sean And Brendan’s Snow Tour

So nice of Sean Radley in his 2010 Millstreet snow tour to mention my name
This well may become my only claim to fame
Such beautiful online images he did create
Whilst being driven around the snow covered countryside by Brendan his good mate
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Fair dues to Brendan Murphy his part in the creation of the images he did play
For driving Sean on his snow tour on such a terrible day
On the narrow and hilly roadways that surround Millstreet
That were frostbound and covered in snow that was thawing to sleet
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The marvelous images are now viewed Worldwide
Brought about by Sean and Brendan on their tour through the snow clad countryside
But of the people images one fellow i can claim for to know
Is Shannaknock’s mighty Michael Murphy well clad for the snow
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From our games of soccer in Coolikerane bog him i can recall
The biggest of us and the strongest of all
The young men of that time on our side of Millstreet
An old friend of my past that i would love to meet
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And of course Noel Keating delivering the post in his green ‘An Post’ delivery van
Of his job in such weather i cannot say i envy the man
In Ireland’s Winter of weeks on end without a dry day
People like Noel surely do earn their pay
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For online Millstreet migrants everywhere a thing to enjoy
Images of the places where they lived as a girl or a boy
And of Sean and Brendan for their good work what can one only say
But that they do warrant far more than a lusty hooray.

by Francis Duggan