John Tarrant

A sad loss to his siblings, relatives and friends and a sad loss to Eileen his good wife It truly can be said of John Tarrant that he was one larger than life He was such a likeable fellow untainted by guile or conceit It is sad for all of those who knew him that him they will never more meet In his early twenties he left Gortavehy young and healthy and happy and strong The lure of the wander was in him in the big World out there he belong He traveled far south to Australia in the Snowy Mountains he worked for some time The work was hard but he enjoyed it and back then he was in his prime In Melbourne in the employment of Franki Pile he worked hard for his every pay A man who became friends to many all of him had good things to say He married Eileen Smith of Keady the woman who became his soul-mate I recall the day they were married their union we did celebrate With wavy foxy hair and broad shoulders a handsome man in his prime day He and Eileen returned home to Ireland the lure of home strong as they say He was such a generous fellow and about him he had a nice way His beautiful mind is now sleeping in Youghal his last remains lay To speak of him as one of the deceased in some ways is sort of a lie John Tarrant he was larger than life and people like him never die A spiritual fun loving person who left us with good memories of him to recall One who did make friends very easily and who believed on a fair go for all.