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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=575473" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Birth of Celtic</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In eighteen hundred and eighty-eight<br>Brother Walfrid walked along the Gallowgate, <br>Were immigrants of Ireland walked the streets, <br>No food in their stomachs, no shoes on their feet.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">These souls of the famished Irish nation<br>Had made their home in Glasgow’s east end, <br>Ridiculed & provoked by the Protestant majority<br>Who could not accept the Irish faith & identity.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In Scotland’s east coast, Edinburgh, the capital, <br>Had saw the rise in the game of football, <br>Where a team, Hibernian, played under Ireland’s harp, <br>And brought victory with them onto the park.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And Brother Walfrid, a Marist priest, <br>Saw poverty prosper in his parish, <br>He suggested a savior to the Irish nationalist<br>Who had never seen a ball been kicked on a pitch.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A team would be organized; a stadium would be built, <br>Players would be sourced who had courage & skill, <br>And the income generated from watching the team, <br>Would feed the tables of Irish families & children.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Players were asked, some where even stolen, <br>From teams like Cowlairs and Renton, <br>Land was rented that was barren and unkept; <br>History was about the wake the giant that slept.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Glasgow’s Irish saw Brother Walfrid’s dream come true<br>As an organized football team now grew, <br>A Celtic cross was stitched to a white jersey, <br>As preparations were made for a “friendly”.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Glasgow Rangers, the visitors, took to the field, <br>Already a threat to the Scottish game, <br>But the dominance faded for the team in blue, <br>As the Irish team of Celtic won by a score of 5-2</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The birth of Celtic, was Brother Walfrid’s dream, <br>As history has favoured the bhoys in green, <br>From the legacy of Jock Stein, to the resurgence of Martin O’Neill, <br>The passion & commitment can be found on Celtic’s football field.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">July'22nd 2003</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Daniel+McDonagh">Daniel McDonagh</a><div class=q>
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Were immigrants of Ireland walked the streets, 
No food in their stomachs, no shoes on their feet.

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