#Otd 1887: #Ballymote #Sligo's Brother Walfrid founded @CelticFC, Glasgow, at a meeting in St. Mary’s church hall in East Rose St (now Forbes St). The purpose was to alleviate poverty by raising money for the Poor Children’s Dinner Table (a charity that he had instituted). Bodies such as the St Vincent de Paul Society, the Catholic Union, the Irish Foresters, the Home Government Branch of the United Irish League, the St Aloysius Association and the Irish National League as well as local Penny Savings Bank and a Total Abstinence Society were present in some manner but the main objective was the formation of a football team to raise money for the Soup Kitchens of the East End. It was at the February 12 post-match celebrations at St Mary’s Hall in the Calton, organised for the Edinburgh side by the Glasgow Irish, that Hibernian secretary John McFadden urged his West of Scotland compatriots to start their own team. They, along with Brother Walfrid and his assistant Brother Dorotheus, had been inspired by John McFadden’s urgings and the Marist priest in particular envisaged the benefits of having a team to represent the community AND raise money for the poor. Aside from Hibernian, nine other clubs with Irish affiliations took part in that season’s Scottish Cup - St Peter’s, Dundee Harp, Erin Rovers, Carfin Shamrock, Broxburn Shamrock, Vale of Leven Hibs, Kirkintilloch Harp, Cambuslang Hibs, and Johnstone Harp. https://www.instagram.com/p/CV70CLEr9Gi/?utm_medium=tumblr
