Matty O Riordan

Above his evergreen fields of old Lackabawn He saw many a sunset and many a dawn Though in all who knew him good memories of him will remain In the flesh Matty O Riordan will not be seen in Millstreet again He was quite a gentleman in every way And he lived to a good age of him one can say In Lackabawn he was raised and grew into a man And there spent the greater part of his long lived life span The life journey for him ended in the early Fall There is a last day and last night for us all The mental images of him that remain to recall As a young man he was handsome and dark haired and tall Gone from Lackabawn another well loved face And Millstreet without him a much poorer place In his many years of living he never harmed anyone And his mother and father in him raised a good son Our very young years go quickly as does our life's prime And eventually we all become victims of time And for us all from the cares of living a final release The good man Matty O Riordan may he now rest in peace.