On Talking To Michael Kelleher

I spoke to Michael Kelleher on the phone today He talked of places from here far away Far inland from Hibernia's Atlantic shore The fields of Claraghatlea and Claramore. He talked of Millstreet his beloved homeplace Where his is a known and remembered face The Town he left some four decades ago Where the Finnow from the foot of Gneeves flow Through the old fields and by many a hedgerow His love for home it only seems to grow Though far from Millstreet Town his bones may lay He will talk of it till his life's final day. Near Melbourne he has spent most of his life Married to Rosemary his devoted Aussie wife He has raised his children far from Hibernia's shore And the fields of Claragahatlea and Claramore.