Time Capsule

The time capsule of  the Mullingar Shamrocks Club for inclusion in the Monument in the 1916 Mullingar Memorial Park at the Green Bridge  has been packed with material that we hope will interest those who will be around when it is opened in 100 years’ time and provide an insight into the club as it was in 2016. Some of the under-6s who are down in Springfield on Saturday morning will surely witness the event. The capsule contains several team pictures, the official opening programme for Springfield in 2002, the Reunion programme from January 2013, the minutes of the executive meeting of February 2017, a note on how Mullingar Shamrocks communicates with members and supporters (that should provoke some discussion in 2117 and a big search to discover what was Facebook, Twitter and ClubifyApp). An entry ticket for our Last Man Standing competition, the text of a motion passed at the AGM are also packed in.

 It is impossible to visualise what type of GAA will exist 100 years from now. Will Dublin remain unbeaten? Will Mullingar Shamrocks still be based in Springfield? Will team managers continue to work the length and breadth of the country for the love of the game? Will the GAA still be the greatest amateur sporting organisation in the world? Will Cusack Park have floodlights? Will Mullingar Shamrocks still be the leading club in the county? Will Westmeath have won its first All-Ireland title in hurling or football? How many counties will have gone bankrupt during the century? How many All-Ireland hurling titles will Waterford have won? Will the GAA hierarchy have found the leg of the table used for under-the-table payments? Will the Railway Cups continue to be played because the players want them even though most of them don’t play when selected? Will the GPA have taken complete control of the GAA? 

Unfortunately, we won’t be around to witness the answers to these and many more such questions.