VIDEO: Time capsule offers children glimpse of the past

As time capsules go, 15 years is not long below ground. But already-dated currency, technology, and books amazed children who were not even born when their school preserved some of its history at the turn of the millenium.

Building work at Glenville National School meant today’s pupils got a flavour of school life in 2000 a little earlier than planned. The paint-tub was buried in front of the school that opened in 1953 but which is now overcrowded and soon to be demolished.

For most of the 180 pupils — and members of the community 20km north of Cork city — a floppy disk drawn from the capsule brought the biggest laugh and, for some, confusion.