An Irishman's Diary on Brother Walfrid, Sligo-born founder of Celtic Football Club

Andrew Kerins was born in Ballymote, Co. Sligo, Ireland on 18 May 1840. He left Ireland at the age of 15 years to find work in Scotland. He joined the Marist Brothers, took the name Brother Walfrid and became a school teacher. He encouraged the school children where he taught in poor areas of Glasgow to play football. He even started up some football clubs. One of those clubs exists to this day and is known all over the world. It is called Celtic Football Club.

I have just written an Irishman's Diary about Brother Walfrid and the Celtic story in the Irish Times newspaper. Read it here.

Sculpture of Brother Walfrid, Ballymote, Co. Sligo. Image source.