And the Winners are ...

Not quite Life Time Achievements Awards but close enough.

It is customary for GAA clubs to include a celebratory guest or two at functions but on this occasion the guests were long serving volunteers, members whose contribution to the club has been more or less lifelong.

The contribution of these members was acknowledged by the presentation of specially commissioned trophies on the night. with the President of the GAA, Larry McCarthy doing the honours.

In what was a very special touch some of the leading personalities of Mullingar Shamrocks were called on to pay tribute to the honorees after MC Conor Moore had introduced each with a brief synopsis of their contribution.

Terry O’Dowd, Detty Cornally, Davy Gavin, Patsy Rylands, Marie Burke, Pat Collins and Tom Hunt were the recipients of the special awards. Barry Kelly, Paul Doolin, Pearse Corroon and Ned Moore were the chosen ones to pay the tribiutes. Terry and Davy were unable to be present on the night and Marie Burke's award will be presented later.