Ned Casey

Ned Casey played for the Slanan Rovers Football Club when he was a young man Going back in time at least a three decades span On his physical best years when his hair was light brown In the Cloghoula countryside close to Millstreet Town Down to earth and quiet spoken and in his ways shy The better human traits to him did apply In his lifetime he never did harm anyone And his mum and his dad in him raised a good son Sad news out of Millstreet where he first saw light of day That the honourable Ned from life has passed away Perhaps in his sixties he was not aged in years In Millstreet and Duhallow he was farewelled in tears He was a man who did make many a friend And sad to learn his life's journey has come to an end As he was one who had in him so much good And if he could help you he most certainly would From his homeplace in Carrigacooleen just a few kilometres away By Cashman's Hill in St Mary's his last remains lay From his final sufferings he has found release Ned Casey the good man he now is at peace.