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In the News (Sun 12 Oct 08)

  
  The Grand Old Team
Belfast Celtic Society president Jimmy Jones was introduced by Society chairman Padraig Coyle and given a huge welcome by the crowd.
The society was delighted to receive the gift of a Celtic jersey worn by Paddy Bonnar from Ambrose McCann, a Charlie Tully plaque donated by Charlie junior and a Belfast Celtic badge, programmes and photographs which came from Liam Martin, Pat Murphy and Pat McGreevy.
Ex-player Jimmy Donnelly from the Belfast Celtic Society shares a joke with Padraig Coyle, society chairperson.
www.belfastceltic.net   (613 words)

  
  Belfast Celtic - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Belfast Celtic football club was founded in 1891 and was one of the most successful teams in Irish football until sectarian violence forced them to withdraw from the league in 1949.
Celtic were winning for most of the match but Linfield F.C. equalised in the last minute, during the celebrations Linfield F.C. fans invaded the pitch and attacked several Celtic players including Jones who suffered a broken leg that ruined his career.
The attack had shown that the RUC were unwilling to protect Celtic fans and players and the feeble sanctions imposed on Linfield F.C. by the league left Celtic with no choice but to withdraw from the league until they could ensure the safety of their supporters.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Belfast_Celtic   (521 words)

  
  Association of Donegal Celtic Supporters Clubs.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Belfast Celtic was formed as an imitation of Glasgow Celtic.
Belfast Celtic presented one of the best away strips ever to be worn by Celtic, a white strip, with a green collar and a green shamrock as the crest.
Celtic strips were famous not only for the 'hoops' but also for the fact they always had the number on the shorts.
www.donegalassoc-csc.com /celtic_facts.htm   (769 words)

  
 Belfast Celtic Players Run for Their Lives -- The Wild Geese Today
Belfast -- The Belfast Celtic Football Club was the pride of Irish football until it was forced out of competition after the dramatic game against Belfast rivals Linfield on December 27, 1948, Boxing Day in Ireland, Britain, and the Commonwealth.
Belfast Celtic, arguably the greatest club in Irish football, was founded in the Falls Road area of Belfast on March 14, 1891.
Eddie Whyte, the editor of the Belfast Celtic website, was born 11 years after the Celtic team withrew from competition for what was to be the final time.
www.thewildgeese.com /pages/belfcelt.html   (1388 words)

  
 St Mac Nissi CSC Randalstown - Zmagazine - Belfast Celtic
At one time Celtic had five international goalies on their books at the same time, and no international select was complete without two or three celtic players.
Unlike their local rivals Linfield, celtic were never a sectarian club, but the fact that they and the majority of their supporters came from west Belfast meant that derby matches were inevitably fraught with tension.
Rumours that Celtic were going to withdraw from the league were soon confirmed, and Belfast Celtic ceased to grace the competitive scene at the end of the 1948-49 season.
www.randalstowncsc.co.uk /modules/zmagazine/article.php?articleid=18   (656 words)

  
 Celtic Supporters Club in Norway
I motsetning til det allerede etablerte Linfield var Belfast Celtic en klubb åpen for alle trosretninger, og i løpet av klubbens leveår akslet katolikker som protestanter de grønn-hvite stripene.
Den generelle interessen for den lokale fotballen har også falt betraktelig etter Belfast Celtic’s bortgang, noe det dramatiske fallet i tilskuertall beviser.
I de senere år har det kommet to nye Celtic i den nord-Irske serien, Lurgan Celtic og Donegal Celtic som begge spiller i den nest øverste divisjonen.
www.cscn.no /nfp/nfp204.html   (1258 words)

  
 Belfast Celtic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Belfast Celtic football club was founded in 1891 and was one of the most successful teams in Irish football until they withdrew from the Irish League in 1949 at the end of a season which had seen crowd trouble at a match against Linfield five months earlier.
Celtic were winning for most of the match but Linfield equalised in the last minute, during the celebrations Linfield F.C. fans invaded the pitch and attacked several Celtic players including Jones who suffered a broken leg.
Some felt that the attack had shown that the police were unable to protect Celtic fans and players and the feeble sanctions imposed on Linfield F.C. by the League prompted Celtic to withdraw from the League until they felt that the safety of their supporters could be assured.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Belfast_Celtic   (545 words)

  
 Thanks for the Memories Henrik....... Petition
Henrik Larsson has confirmed that he intends to leave Celtic at the end of this season (2003/2004).
Belfast Shamrock CSC (www.bscsc.com) would like to collect comments from all Celtic Fans (and Non-Celtic Fans) and present these to Henrik at the end of the season, as a token of our appreciation.
Petition to The Celtic Family was created by Belfast Shamrock C.S.C. and written by Assistant Secretary BSCSC.
www.petitiononline.com /Larsson7/petition.html   (195 words)

  
 SPECTATOR SPORTS, Belfast Tourist Information and Travel Guide at InfoHub.com
The last regularly successful Catholic side, Belfast Celtic, resigned from the league in the late 1940s after players were assaulted on the pitch, the result of one fulfilled threat too many.
Other Belfast league clubs and their grounds are Crusaders (Seaview, off Shore Rd; bus #7-#11), Glentoran (The Oval Redcliffe Parade; bus #16, #20-#22, #24 down the Newtownards Road to Dee Street) and the surprising 1998 champions, the Catholic-supported Cliftonville (Solitude, Cliftonville Road; bus #35).
Belfast's rugby hero was Mike Gibson, Ireland's most-capped player, and top-class games are played by the Malone club at the park named after him off Woodstock Road (bus #33 and #34) and by Collegians at Deramore Park, Malone Road (bus #70 and #71).
www.infohub.com /Destinations/Europe%2D%26%2DRussia/Ireland/Belfast/75870.htm   (526 words)

  
 Irish Echo Online - Sports
BELFAST -- On Boxing Day in 1948, hooligans attacked Ireland's leading soccer team, Belfast Celtic, driving them from a Belfast pitch in the aftermath of a 1-1 draw with Linfield.
The match ended with the Celtic team having to run from the pitch for their lives when Linfield fans poured over the terrace barriers at the end of a 1-1 draw.
Significantly, the Celtic statement on the night of the attack focused blame not on the Linfield club, but on the police present in force at the ground.
www.irishecho.com /newspaper/story.cfm?id=15780   (996 words)

  
 Crumlin Shamrocks CSC | Crumlin Shamrocks CSC
The famous Belfast Celtic was formed at a meeting on the Falls Road in the summer of 1891; the meeting was a result of discussion held by member’s representatives of the Milltown Club.
As if Celtic hadn’t damaged enough reputations in their time, the greatest of all was done on May 29 1949 when they faced the then home international, Scotland, at the Tribro Stadium.
Celtic two days previously been replaced in the league by Crusaders, and given the traumatic events of the previous season, it is remarkable that this club side defeated any national side let alone the British champions a feat never to be repeated.
www.freewebs.com /crumlinshamrockscsc/belfastceltic.htm   (1491 words)

  
 Donegal Celtic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Donegal Celtic is a football club playing in the Irish Premier League in Northern Ireland.
Donegal Celtic was formed in 1970 when a group of young men who had a huge interest in football decided to form a team in the Lenadoon district of west Belfast.
Donegal Celtic has a well-structured Ladies senior side that won the most prestigious 'Belfast Cup' in 2004.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Donegal_Celtic   (464 words)

  
 history belfast celtic
At one time Celtic had five international goalies on their books at the same time, and no international select was complete without two or three celtic players.
Unlike their local rivals Linfield, celtic were never a sectarian club, but the fact that they and the majority of their supporters came from west Belfast meant that derby matches were inevitably fraught with tension.
Rumours that Celtic were going to withdraw from the league were soon confirmed, and Belfast Celtic ceased to grace the competitive scene at the end of the 1948-49 season.
www.ntvcelticfanzine.com /history%20corner/history%20belfast%20celtic.htm   (629 words)

  
 BELFAST CELTIC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Belfast Celtic were formed in 1891 and from 1901 onwards played at Celtic Park in West Belfast.
Celtic Park was a huge oval shaped arena capable of holding 50,000 fans in its prime.
After a match at Windsor Park against Linfield one of the Celtic players was attacked by spectators and nearly killed.
www.groundtastic.ukgateway.net /archives/belfast_celtic.htm   (156 words)

  
 Ehiogu's overhead kick slows up Celtic - Premiership - Football - Sport - Belfast Telegraph
Celtic utterly dominated in the first half, but their finishing was poor.
Celtic ended up frustrated, demonstrated most clearly at the end when their captain, Neil Lennon, reacted furiously to something shouted by a home fan.
Celtic (4-4-2): Boruc; Wilson, Pressley (O'Dea, 78), McManus, Naylor; Nakamura, Lennon, Sno (Riordan, 81), McGeady; Vennegoor of Hesselink, Miller (Jarosik, 74).
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk /sport/football/premiership/article2350542.ece   (643 words)

  
 Celtic Quest - Belfast Research Trip
Belfast on Saturday, 13 October 2007 and get your rest, because on Sunday you hit the ground running.
The trip hotel, Malone Lodge Hotel, on Eglantine Avenue in south Belfast, is in between PRONI and the city center, where the other repositories are located.
The library was established in 1788 to improve the mind and excite a spirit of general inquiry.
www.celticquest.net /belfast.htm   (826 words)

  
 Observer | Deadly shadow returns to game
Even the grandchildren and great grandchildren of Belfast Celtic supporters still speak in awed tones about the team that once beat Scotland, that ruled supreme in the Irish league for two decades, but that effectively died on a dark winter's day back in 1948.
Following a concerted attack on Celtic's Protestant striker (himself a former Linfield player), without adequate protection from the police or the quasi-paramilitary B Specials ringing the ground, the club was plunged into disillusion and doubt over its future.
The ground is in the loyalist village area of south Belfast, a working-class Protestant stronghold of terraced streets between the M1 motorway and the Lisburn Road.
observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4488513-102274,00.html   (1545 words)

  
 Celtic Wedding Rings : Fantasy-Ireland
The most common design found on Celtic wedding rings is a continuous row of intertwined knots with no beginning and no end.
The knotwork pattern was perfected by the Celtic Christians and monks and used as an elaborate ornamental symbol to adorn medieval Celtic bibles and crosses.
Another less common pattern found on Celtic wedding bands is the Celtic spiral, which is said to symbolize a oneness with the universe.
www.fantasy-ireland.com /Celtic-wedding-rings.html   (885 words)

  
 Celtic Castles - Castle Accommodation in Scotland, Ireland, England, Wales and France. Stay in a Medieval Castle.
Celtic Castles - Castle Accommodation in Scotland, Ireland, England, Wales and France.
Celtic Castles has been online since 1998 and now features over 70 hand picked castles throughout the UK, Ireland and France.
You pay exactly the same for your stay with Celtic Castles as you would booking the castle directly, and in many instances we can secure additional discounts for you.
www.celticcastles.com   (375 words)

  
 The Celtic Connection
We met at Jameson's Irish Pub in the North East of Calgary, which is one of the team's sponsors...
Calgary businessman, Jim Yaworski, became part-owner of the Belfast Giants ice hockey team last May and he said, "it's been a love affair ever since."...
BELFAST - Tens of thousands of mourners packed Belfast to pay their last respects to Northern Ireland's favourite son, George Best, at his funeral on...
www.celtic-connection.com /sports.html   (1548 words)

  
 Celtic Atlanta - Pubs, Cuisine, Music & Festivals in the Atlanta Region
Members of the Huntsville and Decatur Celtic music community host regular public Celtic session and tuneplay on the first Tuesday of every month at the Corner Grill and Pub in Huntsville.
Driven mad at the Battle of Arderydd when his lord died and his dreams were destroyed, Lailoken, the last of the great dragon harpers, arises from pain and madness to seek redemption and revenge.
A culmination of myth and legend, blending history and fantasy, of the war plagued years that led to the rise of Northumbria, and of the life of a man of poetic heart and warrior soul.
www.celticatlanta.com   (1673 words)

  
 BelfastCeltic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Belfast Celtic team was the pride of Irish football until it was forced out of competition in 1949.
This year sees the fiftieth anniversary of the game against Linfield which led to Celtic's dramatic withdrawal from the Irish league never to return.
We hope that this list will be a forum for those interested in the history of the club and an inspiration to those who are currently campaigning for the reformation of Ireland's greatest ever football team.
www.isfa.com /isfa/lists/belfastceltic   (79 words)

  
 The Queen's University of Belfast - Celtic Studies - October 2001 - Q440/2001
Irish and Celtic Studies (ICS) is part of the School of Languages, Literatures and Arts within the Faculty of Humanities, and is situated on the main campus.
The University and ICS have recognised the impetus given to Irish and Celtic studies by recent political developments in Northern Ireland, and have responded by providing relevant information and advice to students on the knowledge and skills required by prospective employers.
The University and ICS have recognised the impetus given to Irish and Celtic studies by recent political developments and have responded by providing relevant information and advice to students on the knowledge and skills required by prospective employers (paragraph 33).
www.qaa.ac.uk /reviews/reports/subjectLevel/q440_01_textonly.htm   (4931 words)

  
 uefa.com - Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Celtic is a name known worldwide from Scottish football, but it also has strong associations with Ireland and is now back in the top flight of Northern Irish football.
But in the largely Protestant 'unionist' region, which split from the rest of Ireland to remain in the United Kingdom in 1920, Belfast Celtic were the focus of prejudice and violence.
Donegal Celtic FC's promotion to the Irish Premier League after a play-off win against Institute FC is a positive sign for a sport, and a community, that needs a boost.
www.uefa.com /magazine/news/Kind=134217728/newsId=422977.html   (699 words)

  
 Celtic Music Reviews: 17 St. Patrick's Day Music Downloads 2007
With a balanced mix of ballads and jigs, this band's music reflects their roots in the deep spiritual resonance of the Celtic lands, they acknowledge, praise, and validate all folk music from all lands in all periods.
With the heartbeat of the bodhran, the spirit of the violin and viola, and the soft tunings of the guitar, Maidens IV is bringing a youthful vigor and class to Celtic and Folk sounds.
He is also Celtic music podcaster and promoters as well as publisher of Celtic MP3s Music Magazine.
www.celticmp3s.com /magazine/2007/03/17-st-patricks-day-music-downloads-2007.shtml   (1972 words)

  
 Sunday Life   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Then, in floated Celtic chairman Raymie Bonner with the coolness he once boasted while playing for his club in the junior ranks - or so he has led hundreds to believe he did.
One Donegal Celtic fan admitted he didn't have a ticket but was able to gain access to witness the ground-breaking match by offering his services to read out the teams and half-time scores over the tannoy.
Linfield boss David Jeffrey said he was "moved by the warmth of Celtic's welcome".
www.sundaylife.co.uk /sport/story.jsp?story=715097   (722 words)

  
 Leo Murphy
Having settled into the austere life of post-war Belfast Maurice was soon to become captivated by the spell of another sporting phenomenon of that time; one which had won the admiration and support of huge sections of the population of Belfast, patricularly in the Falls area, the country at large and further afield.
The season of 1947/48 was a particularly successful one for Celtic and my brother on his end of week visits home to Kilkeel would hold myself and several other brothers in thrall recounting the daring exploits of these "demi-gods" in the green and white hoops.
In his younger days he was the "assistant trainer" of the various Belfast Celtic teams, gaining experience and "hands-on" knowledge of the ancient skills of the art of massage and of the benefits that accrue to the mental and physical make-up of the human body by its proper application.
www.downgaa.net /archive/1997/1997(g).htm   (2726 words)

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