Brother Walfrid
Brother Walfrid FMS (born May 18, 1840 in Ballymote in County Sligo as Andrew Kearns , † April 17, 1915 in Dumfries ) was an Irish friar and founder of the prestigious Scottish club Celtic FC .
biography
Walfrid was born in Ballymote, a small village in northwest Ireland. He studied for a teaching post and joined the Marist School Brothers in 1864 . In the 1870s he moved to Scotland and taught at St. Mary's School and the Sacred Heart School, where he was appointed headmaster in 1874. He also helped found St. Joseph's College in Dumfries.
In 1887 he founded the Celtic Football Club to raise funds for the poor and downtrodden in Glasgow's East End, which was mainly home to Irish immigrants. In 1893 Walfrid was sent by his order to the East End of London , where he continued his work. He organized soccer games for the barefoot children in the Bethnal Green and Bow districts . The charity that Walfrid founded was called The Poor Children's Dinner Table .
After his death in 1915 he was buried in the Mount St. Michael Cemetery in Dumfries.
literature
- Brian Wilson: Celtic: The Official History . Birlinn Ltd, 2017, ISBN 978-0-85790-931-2 (336 pages).
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brother Walfrid |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kearns, Andrew (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish monk and founder of Celtic FC |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ballymote , County Sligo |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 1915 |
| Place of death | Dumfries , Scotland |