From St Mary's By Cashman's Hill Poem by Francis Duggan

From St Mary's by Cashman's Hill where many of the dead of Millstreet are
On a cold day in Winter Heaven in distance does seem to be far
And many of them believed in God in Heaven from old St Mary's far away
Where their mortal remains in the dark earth forever in peace do lay

I wish them happiness in Heaven for whilst living they lived in fear of Hell
And in life many of them knew each other though at all times did not get along well
But there is always peace in St Mary's amongst the dead there is harmony
Dead people get on well together only the living disagree

Cannot say of a post Earhly life Heaven or of a post Earthly life Hell
Since any deceased person i have known of their existence have not come back to tell
Me of an after Earthly death life if there is one people Worldwide who have things in common and to the same God Do pray
In life may not like each other but in death there is peace where they lay.

Most of the elders of my young years on politics could not agree
But i am going far back in time now to at least close to half of a century
Political parties founded on civil war politics their followers never fail to divide
This is not restricted to any one Country this is something that happens Worldwide

In St Mary's in the Tanyard in Millstreet by Cashman's Hill on a Winter's day
It is a cold place for to be in and Heaven from there does seem far away
Even far from an Earthly Utopia the wind in it has a cold chill
That blows down from the higher country across the face of Cashman's Hill.