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  By Editor	 11 June, 2022 No Comments
  This video is well worth watching. Dr Michael Connolly speaks to Barry Sheppard about his recent PhD research into the founder of Celtic Football Club, Brother Walfrid.
  Discussing the great Irish Famine and the Irish diaspora in Scotland, Dr Connolly brings us the first ever doctoral research on Brother Walfrid, born Andrew Kerins in Ballymote, Co. Sligo in 1840.
  "Brilliant interview by Barry Sheppard with Dr Michael Connolly about his PhD on
  Celtic FC founding father Brother Walfrid. What an interesting project…" Paddy Hoey.
  Brilliant interview by @barry_shep with Dr Michael Connolly about his PhD on @CelticFC founding father Brother Walfrid. What an interesting project. One for @S_J_H1978 and @celticrumours https://t.co/ooJKLuOk5E
  — paddyhoey* (@paddyhoey) June 10, 2022
  Here's Liam Kelly, of this parish writing about Brother Walfrid…
  As those of you following this series of articles will know, there were many individuals involved in the founding of Celtic Football Club. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the Celtic faithful only seem to know of Brother Walfrid though.
  This is the case because he was the the leader of the founding fathers who had the inspiration to bring a group of people together to form the football club. Indeed, it was once said that Brother Walfrid was the main man who founded Celtic and John Glass was the person who then established the club.
  On 13 May 1870, having previously been the protégé of Brother Procope, Walfrid was promoted to an assistant teaching position and was transferred to St. Mary's School. Four years later, he was appointed Headmaster of the newly opened Sacred Heart School in Bridgeton.
  Then, in mid-1877, another Marist Brother, Dorotheus, joined St. Mary's to fill the Headmaster position that he had left behind. Despite managing his own institution, Walfrid was still sent to teach in the school and the working relationship that grew between the pair was to prove pivotal in the development of The Poor Children's Dinner and Breakfast Tables.
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