Peg Looney

Peg Looney to many was a role model Of her paraplegic husband Den she took good care She often pushed him to the shops in Millstreet And pushed him home again on his wheelchair. And when Den passed on back in the late fifties She helped their daughters raise their families She was a caring and kindhearted woman And of her I hold such good memories. I retain mental pictures of Peg Looney Her gray hair combed up was tied in a bun And she was admired and as well was respected And in Claraghatlea was loved by everyone. In her twilight years Peg Looney was forgetful And her memory did not seem good at all But her lovely smile to the end remained with her Though familiar faces she could not recall. People like her seem to live on forever When they pass on good memories of them stay I still fancy I see her clipping the hedgerow by her cottage In the bright sunshine of a Summer's day. Peg Looney to many was a role model And good memories of her with us will remain the World was better for her living in it And Millstreet's loss was surely Heaven's gain.