Billy O' Shea

The years go by quickly as some like to say One of the strong boys of the Millstreet Primary School of the late fifties the young Billy O' Shea Deceased in his mid sixties news of his passing quite sad He was such a good person in him nothing bad Born and raised in Cockhill where he lived most of his life span Quite shy in his ways he was such a nice man As good a person as one could wish for to meet He will be missed by his family and his friends in Millstreet The story of his life in book form deserves to be told And though he did not live on for to die very old What matters most his mum and dad in him did raise a good son He lived an honorable life never harmed anyone From Millstreet his will be a sadly missed face And without him Cockhill is a far worse off place Unassuming he never yearned for Worldly fame And he never did call anyone out of name Less than a mile from the schoolyard where with his young friends he did play By Cashman's Hill in St Mary's his last remains lay For all of us there will be a last night and day And good memories will live on of Billy O' Shea.