Eily Buckley

Long before she wrote for the Clara News And years before I even knew the taste of booze For her love of people she became well known And the fame of Eily Buckley has since grown. For years she drove the school bus up and down The roads of Millstreet to and from the Town And perhaps many of the kids she drove to and from the school today From Millstreet Parish now live far away. Miles from Cloghoula her own countryside Her Cloghoula notes in Clara News read far and wide In big cities far from Millstreet County Cork In Sydney, Melbourne, London and New York. Can't say that I knew her that well at all Though she is one I readily can recall For her's is such a well known and loved face In Millstreet Parish still my favourite place. A friendly person untouched by conceit And one of the best loved people in Millstreet She'd never ignore you as she drove by She'd always smile and wave a friendly hi.