Jim Fitzgerald

He will be missed from Murphy's Terrace and the Town of Millstreet and Ballydaly his beloved countryside He was well known and liked in Millstreet Parish and sad to learn that Jimmy Fitz has died For many years married to Betty Conway they have a son that very nice man John Jim Fitzgerald will be missed by those who knew him his body dead in memory he lives on A powerfully built and handsome man in his prime I remember he was one who was known to be quite strong Yet he was never rough with other people and he never did to anybody wrong When I was a teenager in the early sixties Jim Fitz back then was in life's bloom and prime But the passing years take toll on everybody and we all eventually lose out to time He will be sadly missed in Ballydaly he had a great love for that green old place And through the length and breadth of old Duhallow his will remain as a remembered face Jim Fitz in the flesh will not be seen again in Murphy's Terrace or walking on the streets of Millstreet Town But our fate to his will not be any different on all of our lives the seconds counting down When I was a boy Jim Fitz was in his prime years and him again I never more will see But for as long as I live him I shall remember he will be living in my memory.