Brother Walfrid Statue

[TimBhoy]

Is going to be unveiled outside Celtic park on Saturday 5th Nov, about time too we paid homage to the man who started our great club. Event starts at 2pm and all Celtic fans are invited, be nice if they had a Jock Stein one on the other side of the entrance from Bro Walfrid's one.

[BoysInGreen]

Hail Hail

Best thing about the statue is it has been funded by Celtic supporters, from all over the world, from the US, Ireland, England, and of course Scotland. About time is right.

[coatsy]

a statue of a man who founded a club to stop catholics mixing with protestants,wonder what nil by mouth will say.........................

[Catfish]

a statue of a man who founded a club to stop catholics mixing with protestants,wonder what nil by mouth will say.........................
Come on now, Rangers and Protestants weren't exactly embracing or being tolerant of their Catholic neighbors.

[Catfish]

Best thing about the statue is it has been funded by Celtic supporters, from all over the world, from the US, Ireland, England, and of course Scotland.
Very cool for when these supporters finally make it to Celtic Park.

[CW1980]

a statue of a man who founded a club to stop catholics mixing with protestants,wonder what nil by mouth will say.........................
Probably about as much as they have to say on the issue of segregated schooling in Scotland...

[TimBhoy]

Very cool for when these supporters finally make it to Celtic Park.

The contributions for this statue was indeed from all over the world, a man of god who understood the suffering of the great famine started soup kitchens to feed the children of the Irish immigrants in Glasgow.

And in his spare time started Glasgow Celtic :D

Fergus McCann would be a good person to do the honours would be my opinion.

[BoysInGreen]

a statue of a man who founded a club to stop catholics mixing with protestants,wonder what nil by mouth will say.........................

Riiiight heh. It only took Rangers til 1989 to start mixing. Real trailblazers.

[TimBhoy]

Brother Walfrid on one side of the main entrance and Jock Stein, manager of the first British and only Scottish team to win the big one, the European Cup :D on the other.

[TimBhoy]

a statue of a man who founded a club to stop catholics mixing with protestants,wonder what nil by mouth will say.........................


I think you mean employment practices and slums stopped people mixing :D

[CW1980]

Riiiight heh. It only took Rangers til 1989 to start mixing. Real trailblazers.
:D :D :D

[CW1980]

I think you mean employment practices and slums stopped people mixing :D
Erm, no, I think he means what he says...

[TimBhoy]

Erm, no, I think he means what he says...

Your more than welcome to attend.

Walfrid statue to be unveiled

Newsroom Staff

A STATUE of Brother Walfrid, the main founder of Celtic Football Club, solely financed by Celtic supporters, will be unveiled outside the glass fronted entrance to Celtic Park on Saturday 5th November at 2pm. Pre-unveiling proceedings opening the event begin at 1pm.

Joining several thousand Celtic supporters at the ceremony will be past and present Celtic players, officials and custodians, as well as Church, political, sporting and community representatives from all over Scotland and beyond, reflecting the essential nature, distinctiveness as well as openness and symbolism of the Club.

The ceremony will be distinguished by music composed for the event by Scotland’s foremost composer, James MacMillan. Entitled ‘Walfrid, on His Arrival at the Gates of Paradise’, it will be performed by the musicians of the ‘Coatbridge St Patrick’s Branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Eireann’, an Irish cultural body in Scotland.

Background to Ceremony
A statue of Brother Walfrid, created by sculptor Kate Robinson and solely financed by Celtic supporters, will be unveiled outside the glass fronted entrance to Celtic Park on Saturday 5th November at 2pm. Pre unveiling proceedings introducing the event begin at 1pm.

To this end, for the past three years money raising ventures have been taking place amongst Celtic supporters and for eighteen months the planning committee has been organising the construction and erection of the statue as well as the unveiling ceremony itself.

This venture has resulted from the wishes of many supporters to honour the man, who along with his compatriots in 1887/88, gave birth to the institution that has become a community symbol. Tens of thousands of pounds have been raised over the past three years by fans, including by Celtic supporters associations in North America, Ireland, England and Scotland.

Andrew Kerins, the Catholic Marist Brother Walfrid from County Sligo Ireland, is the critical figure in the history of the Club. The legacy of Walfrid and his fellow founders of Celtic has meant that Irish immigrants and their offspring, Scotland’s largest immigrant community, as well as many others from a variety of backgrounds and identities, have shared in this cultural institution, been recipients of Celtic inspired charity and enjoyed and celebrated the distinctiveness and success that Celtic has brought to their lives.

Joining several thousand Celtic supporters at the ceremony will be past and present Celtic players, officials and custodians, as well as Church, political, sporting and community representatives from all over Scotland and beyond, reflecting the essential nature, distinctiveness as well as openness and symbolism of the Club.

The statue will be unveiled by several well known figures including Celtic Chairman Brian Quinn, who was taught by Marist Brothers in Glasgow and whose family roots are in Sligo, former Celtic player Sligo born Sean Fallon, as well as a grand niece and grand nephew of Brother Walfrid and two refugees from the contemporary refugee community in Glasgow. A number of children will also be involved in the unveiling of the statue.

The ceremony begins at 2pm on Saturday November 5th. Celtic and the Brother Walfrid Committee have invited all Celtic supporters to attend this momentous day.

[CW1980]

The Celtic PR and spin machine is in over-drive!

James MacMillan! Now there's a well-balanced individual. He has a chip on both shoulders.

[celtic76]

The Celtic PR and spin machine is in over-drive!

James MacMillan! Now there's a well-balanced individual. He has a chip on both shoulders.


Speaking of PR hows you casino deal going :rolleyes:

[coatsy]

Riiiight heh. It only took Rangers til 1989 to start mixing. Real trailblazers.
your obviously referring to a mythical signing policy.catholics played for rangers pre 1989.

[6~Campbell]

Mon The Gerz Hahaha :) :d :d

[TimBhoy]

Looking forward to attending this given I have no game this weekend

[TimBhoy]

This went off superbly today I understand, great attendance, if I knew how to post pictures I'd do so.

We now honour the man who started Glasgow Celtic with a statue outside the stadium....long overdue