Brother Walfrid, founder of Celtic Football Club - with Dr Michael Connolly
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.
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Great discussion, Barry. Hopefully we’ll see this in book form from Michael before long….!
@historynownvtv4519
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Thanks Michael. Yes, I'm looking forward to it. Michael gave a great account of it.
Wonderful. One wee thing. There were still areas of Scotland that were Catholic, the reformation did not completely wipe out all Catholics. But yes, mostly. Moidart, Ardnamurchan, Barra, South Uist, Glen Urquhart, Strath Peffer, parts of Lochaber, Banffshire, some pockets of Aberdeenshire. There were various areas with a majority Catholic population
@wonjubhoy
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Some Celtic fans based in Northampton met a fellow Celt from South uist. He said to them 'not many bluenoses where I come from!'
@dannymcintyre3819
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@@wonjubhoy the very obvious example is south Uist and Barra and Eriskay. All Catholic islands. Father Allan MacDonald was their famous priest, himself a mainland man from Lochaber, and mother from Badenoch (Kingussie and Newtonmore) in the central Highlands. He was certainly a Catholic and was from the mainland and a Gael.