Michael Gregg remembers the changes which have taken place in Ringsend Park over the last fifty years and more, during which time it has been of central importance to the local community. The Greggs were one of the top four or five footballing families in the area and Mr Gregg's brother, Paudge, played for Shamrock Rovers after leaving Dodderville United in 1939. Many of his reminiscences are about the different teams who have used the park over the years. Irishtown United changed their name to Dodderville United after their secretary, Paddy Henderson, hit a referee following a controversial decision in a Sunday Alliance match in 1936. They changed back to Irishtown in the forties after the Dodderville name was blackened by another incident.

As far back as 1903 the park was used by the Isles of the Sea Gaelic football team who won the All-Ireland for Dublin in that year. There were a number of schoolboy soccer teams such as Bolton Athletic and the Cambridge Boys' team from Pigeonhouse Rd who were known, affectionately or otherwise, as "The Chickens.” In the 1960s Mr Gregg was part of a committee which raised £200 a year for school sports by means of advertisements in the Irish Independent and selling coupons door to door. More recently the park has also been used for ladies' football under the guidance of Mickey Burke who played at right full back for Shamrock Rovers in the ’50’s.

During the war there was an Ack Ack gun set up at the Strasbourg Terrace gate and Mr Gregg remembers one Saturday morning when it was trained on a dogfight between an English and a German plane in the sky over Ringsend. At this time there were allotments where the tennis courts now stand. Around 1942 Mr Gregg remembers a church fundraising event where a marquee was set up in the park. There were two dance bands and a boxing ring in which a man named Tommy Behan distinguished himself. There was also an army band which played in the park during these years.

Mr Gregg is reticent about the proposed Docklands development but he indicates that the park is used as much today as before. He remembers the Community Week which was opened by Eamonn Coughlan ten years ago and says that Liffey Wanderers play in the park when their own ground is out of action.