On the 25th May 1888 Celtic Football Club played its first fixture.
Since then this famous football club founded in the East End of Glasgow has become an integral part of the sporting pride and culture of generations of Irish men and women. The imagination and inspiration of a Marist Priest Brother Walfrid played a huge part in developing the ethos and special spirit that enshrines Celtic to this very day. He witnessed the poverty and despair that was the lot of the Irish immigrants in Glasgow’s East End. Graham McColl in “Celtic-The Official History” writes, “Crowded into slums, they were discriminated against by hatred and hated by the locals because of their willingness to take work at rates of pay that undercut those of the native Clydesiders and because of the foreignness of their Roman Catholic religion. It was a life that was only a slight improvement on their probable fate had their families remained in Ireland to become victims of the Great Potato Famine of 1845”. The Clubs story from those beginnings in 1888 is one of triumph and tragedy, and one of controversy and success. That depth of feeling that the Irish Catholic community had for that new Club in May 1888 has remained solid and proud as Celtic over the tears earned the mantle as one of the world’s greatest clubs, a club that has given enormous pleasure to people in all corners of the globe. Celtic is often described as a family club, players and fans alike, we are all part of an extended family, no more so than here in Newry the City that encompasses the Counties of Armagh and Down. Following Celtic in this area has been a long and dedicated tradition. The Armagh Down Celtic Supporters Club is proud and privileged to be part of that tradition. It is something that we hold dear to our hearts and we the “Boys of the County Armagh” and the “Stars of the County Down” echoing and embracing the spirits of past generations from this are follow and support our Celtic Bhoys.
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