Brother Walfrid is the religious name of Andrew Kerins, a Marist Brother and founder of Celtic F.C.. He was born in Ballymote, County Sligo, Ireland on May 18, 1840 and moved to Scotland in 1887, founding the club a year later as a means of raising funds for the poor and deprived in the east end of Glasgow in Scotland. The Marist Brothers is a Roman Catholic religious order of brothers and lay people. ... Celtic Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Celtic (pronounced sel-tic) or the Bhoys, are one of the Worlds most famous football clubs. ... Ballymote (Baile an Mhóta in Irish) is a town in County Sligo, Ireland. ... Sligo (Sligeach in Irish) is a county in the province of Connacht in the west of Ireland. ... May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Glasgows location in Scotland Glasgow (or Glaschù in Gaelic) is Scotlands largest city, on the River Clyde in west central Scotland. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ...
BrotherWalfrid was born Andrew Kerins in the small village of Ballymore in Sligo in the West of Ireland on 18 th May 1840.
BrotherWalfrid had been there to see them defeat Dumbarton, and he thought that of the men from Leith could do this in Edinburgh, surely it could also be done in Glasgow, a larger city and one with a larger Irish population.
BrotherWalfrid met the Celtic team in 1911 when they were on their way back from a European tour, and now 71 was visibly moved as he talked to the Maley brothers about the progress that his team, arguably the best in Britain at the time, had made.
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