Kitty Hennessy

Kitty Smith who later became Hennessy in time that's going way back In the fifties and sixties she and her late husband Tommy Hennessy owned the Millstreet greyhound track Born and raised in Kanturk but in Millstreet Town where she lived for years she was well loved and known And one could say of Kitty she was one of Millstreet's own Quite an attractive looking woman when she was in her prime As a middle aged widow she left Millstreet with her two daughters that is going back in time In the West End where she had lived for years her's was a familiar face And Millstreet without her did seem a much duller place The successes of greyhounds she owned or bred to her a great sense of pride In Irish greyhound circles Kitty she was known far and wide She must be in her eighties how fast the years have gone But in the thoughts of those who knew her today she does live on Deceased she may well be but in memory she lives yet In the thoughts of those who knew her how could one ever forget A woman of such beauty in Millstreet her ashes lay And with everyone who knew her fond memories of her with them bound to stay.